“There are clearly some nice complementary areas that fit well in the GE portfolio,” McEntee tells Recharge, confirming that GE’s renewables business, part of GE’s Power & Water segment, is providing feedback to the parent company on the potential implications of the deal.

While declining to speculate on what an Alstom takeover would mean for GE’s offshore wind ambitions, McEntee said: “We are going after certain segments.