General Electric's 1,000th installed wind turbine of 2.5 megawatts (MW) went to Romania, for CEZ' wind farm project at Fantanele/Cogealac in the Dobrogea region. The turbine will be part of the largest onshore wind project in Europe, with a capacity of 600 MW.

GE shipped its first 2.5 MW series wind turbines in 2005 in Germany for the Okeler Bruch and for the Herzfelde projects.

So far, GE has supplied 240 2.5 MW series wind turbines for the first two phases of the Fantanele/Cogealac wind park project in Dobrogea, Romania, which is one of the most promising wind power regions in the country, according to GE. “This is a very important project, helping Romania reach its E.U. commitment to increase the amount of renewable sources, including wind, in the country’s energy mix,” said Martin Zmelik, COO of CEZ Romania.

In addition to Fantanele/Cogealac, GE’s 2.5 MW series wind turbines are powering another of the world’s largest wind projects, the 845-MW Shepherds Flat wind farm in Oregon, developed by American power company Caithness Energy. This project, featuring the first use of the 2.5 MW technology in the United States, is capable of supplying clean electricity for approximately 235,000 U.S. households.

Earlier this year, GE announced its fleet of 2.5 MW series wind turbines had surpassed 2 gigawatts of installed capacity worldwide, enough clean electricity to power approximately 1.4 million European households.

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(photo source: GE)