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In late 2008, GE Energy shipped the 10,000th 1.5-megawatt wind turbine to FPL Energy, the largest U.S. generator of wind power, for the Ashtabula Wind Energy Center in North Dakota. As one of the world’s most widely used wind turbines in its class, it is an industry workhorse that has been proven in nearly every wind regime, terrain, and climate worldwide.

“GE Energy is an industry leader and a valued partner,” Mike O’Sullivan, senior vice president of FPL Energy said at an event celebrating the industry milestone. “Having a reliable supply of wind turbines to meet our customers’ growing demand for clean and renewable wind energy has been an important ingredient in the growth and success of our wind business.”

In 2008, our global fleet of 1.5-megawatt machines had the capacity to produce more than 53 million megawatt-hours of electricity per year, the amount needed to power more than 4.5 million U.S. homes. This is equivalent to avoiding the emissions of over 32 million metric tons of CO₂ per year from traditional U.S. grid sources, or the emissions of over six million cars on U.S. roads.