Wind

In Depth: GE's monster wind turbine plans to leapfrog the rest

US giant GE Energy is squaring up to leapfrog the 5-8MW fleet of wind turbines being unveiled for the coming wave of offshore developments with a “transformational” 15MW machine that uses advances in technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nanocomposites.

A rendering of GE's "transformational" 15MW turbine
A rendering of GE's "transformational" 15MW turbine
  • Darius Snieckus, Bristol
Published 4 October 2011, 15:50Updated 23 September 2016, 12:18