GE Renewable Energy is an American wind turbine manufacturer division of

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headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, Greater Paris,

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focusing on production of energy from renewable sources. Its portfolio of products includes

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( onshore and offshore), hydroelectric and solar ( concentrated and photovoltaic) 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 Alstom 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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, 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 ScanWind was a Norwegian manufacturing company that produced wind turbines. In 2009 Scanwind was bought by General Electric, and became the base for GE Wind Energy in Norway. The company has its head office in Trondheim and production facilities ...

in 2009. GE Wind Energy expanded into offshore wind energy with the purchase of Alstom'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 Nantes,

* GE Grid Solutions, headquartered in La Défense,

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 Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing. The method stores energy in the form of gravitational potential ...

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 Boulogne-Billancourt,

Grid Solutions

GE's Grid Solutions business encompasses the high-voltage power grid equipment and engineering activities of Alstom's former subsidiary, Alstom Grid, which itself was spun off from the transmission business of

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, a former subsidiary of the French multinational Areva. GE Grid Solutions's headquarters are in Boulogne-Billancourt,

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