September 4, 2006
GE, NGC to Jointly Develop Wind Turbine Gearbox
GE Energy and China’s Nanjing High Speed & Accurate Gear Company announced that they’ve signed an agreement to jointly develop gearboxes for GE’s 1.5-megawatt wind turbines. The agreement makes NGC one of GE’s leading component suppliers in the wind energy business. The gearbox is a critical component of the GE 1.5-megawatt wind turbine. Nearly 5,000 of these turbines have been installed or committed for projects worldwide.ÂÂ
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Regarding the GE NGC join development of gearboxes for GE generators…has this type of collaboration been done before for GE to get suitable gearboxes?
Les Bissell | July 17th, 2007