GE Announces New Projects, Technology Milestone and New Service Program at AWEA WINDPOWER 2012

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, which is celebrating 10 years of leadership in wind energy, today made several announcements at AWEA WINDPOWER 2012, including new wind projects in Michigan and Iowa, an industry milestone and a new services offering. Here are today's announcements. For more information on each release, please click on the links provided. 1. DTE Energy

Taps GE Advanced Technology for Four Wind Project in Michigan: GE is supplying 137 wind turbines to the lower region of Michigan with a total capacity of approximately 220 megawatts of clean energy. DTE Energy's total investment in these projects is $500 million. 2. 180 Iowa Citizens Purchase GE Wind Turbines to Support Local Farm, Community Energy Needs: Eight GE wind turbines will power a 12.6 MW community wind initiative with the financial benefits from the project will assist local towns. 3. GE's 1.6-100 Wind Turbines Reach Nearly 3 Gigawatts : GE has received commitments over the past several months to provide its 1.6-100 wind turbine for projects that will add 1.8 gigawatts of capacity to the world's clean energy supply by end of 2012. Agreements for the 1.6-100, the highest capacity factor wind turbine operating in North America, have totaled $3.6 billion and approximately 2.8 megawatts since the technology was introduced a year ago, with projected volumes of more than 1,500 units installed globally by 2013. 4. GE Expands its Wind Services Portfolio with Production-Based O&M: GE introduces a new concept in operations and maintenance (O&M) agreements called “Production-Based O&M” which will further align the goals of GE and the customer to maximize energy yield from a site.