The
US
industrial
giant
told
investors
the
wind
decrease
was
the
primary
driver
of
a
5%
year-on-year
fall
to
$21.5bn
in
orders
at
its
Infrastructure
business
segment.
The
company
booked
orders
for
241
turbines
compared
to
781
during
the
same
period
in
2011.
"It's
a
drag
on
us,"
chief
financial
officer
Keith
Sherin
said,
telling
financial
analysts
that
the
decline
in
its
wind
turbine
business
was
masking
a
robust
performance
by
its
other
energy
operations.
So
keen
was
GE
to
make
the
point,
large
parts
of
its
Q3
financial
presentation
were
labelled
"ex-Wind"
to…
