GE Renewable Energy is an American wind turbine manufacturer division of

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headquartered in

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, Greater Paris, France focusing on production of energy from renewable sources. Its portfolio of products includes

wind Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few ho ...

( onshore and offshore),

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined a ...

and solar ( concentrated and

photovoltaic Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commercially u ...

) power generating solutions. It is the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer.

History

GE Renewable Energy was created in 2015, combining the wind power assets GE purchased from

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with those previously owned by GE and operated under the Power & Water division. Upon the division's creation, the headquarters of GE Renewable Energy moved from

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, France, part of conditions for the Alstom purchase.

Sub-Divisions

Wind

GE Wind Energy was formed out of the assets of

Enron Wind GE Wind Energy is a branch of GE Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of General Electric. The company manufactures and sells wind turbines to the international market. In 2018, GE was the fourth largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world. History ...

purchased in 2002, and subsequently expanded with the purchase of ScanWind in 2009. GE Wind Energy expanded into offshore wind energy with the purchase of

's energy generation assets ( GE Offshore Wind, formerly Alstom Wind) in 2015. GE Wind subsidiaries : * GE Onshore Wind, headquartered in

* GE Offshore Wind, headquartered in

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, France * GE Grid Solutions, headquartered in

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, France *

LM Wind Power LM Wind Power (formerly LM Glasfiber) is a Danish multinational wind turbine rotor blades manufacturer and is a subsidiary of General Electric. LM Wind Power has manufactured more than 175,000 blades since 1975. History LM Wind Power was founde ...

, headquartered in

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Hydro

The GE Hydro sub-division of GE Renewable Energy is involved in hydroelectricity generation. This includes the design, manufacture, and installation of equipment for both gravity fed and pumped-storage power plants, and as upgrades to existing hydroelectric plants. GE Hydro has developed aerating turbines designed to increase the amount of oxygen in water passing through the turbines, to benefit the aquatic life downstream. GE Hydro's headquarters are in

, France.

Grid Solutions

GE's Grid Solutions business encompasses the high-voltage power grid equipment and engineering activities of

's former subsidiary, Alstom Grid, which itself was spun off from the transmission business of Areva T&D, a former subsidiary of the French multinational

Areva Areva S.A. is a French multinational group specializing in nuclear power headquartered in Courbevoie, France. Before its 2016 corporate restructuring, Areva was majority-owned by the French state through the French Alternative Energies and Ato ...

. GE Grid Solutions's headquarters are in

, France.

References

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* {{General Electric General Electric subsidiaries