GE Renewable Energy has surged past arch-rival Vestas for leadership of the intensely competitive US wind turbine market as it dominated the 2.5MW platform increasingly popular with project developers, according to the latest American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) figures.

At the end of Q3, GE held 41% market share, or 1,499 turbines installed, then Vestas 32% (1,166) and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 27% (1,001), with GE’s 2.5-127