GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has secured 2,010MW in onshore wind orders in North America through May 2019. These 728 turbines will power the equivalent of over 800,000 homes and will include windfarms across the USA.
The majority of these orders were for GE Renewable Energy's 2MW product platform, which will have a total installed capacity of more than 15GW by the end of 2019. The US wind market remains strong. According to the American Wind Energy Association, a record 35,000MW are in the pipeline as of the end of 2018, a 23% increase over 2017.