The highly-accelerated mechanical and electricaltest benches, at the heart of the university's $98m SCE&G Energy InnovationCentre (EIC), will house both a 7.5MW and a 15MW rig, the larger of which willbe switched on in the summer of 2014.

"Developing the most-advanced technology has alwaysbeen the cornerstone to GE’s presence in the wind industry and performancetesting is a critical part of that process,” says Mark Johnson, general managerfor renewables engineering at GE Power & Water.

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