GE Energy expands in growing offshore wind sector with key technology buy

Stockholm, Sweden - GE announced the completion of the acquisition of ScanWind. With this move, GE has expanded its portfolio of renewable energy offerings to better serve customers. ScanWind is a developer of advanced drive train and control wind turbine technologies aimed at offshore deployment. Headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, with a design-engineering centre in Karlstad, Sweden, ScanWind was founded in 1999 to develop and commercialise advanced drive train wind turbine technology that eliminates the need for gearboxes.

GE continues to invest heavily in driving innovation and research and development in the areas of clean energy and infrastructure

Source: IWR Online, 15 Sep 2009