May 3 2010
In an effort to create awareness among Americans about clean energy future, GE has started a wind blade tour covering multiple states for 28 days. The tour will feature a sophisticated technology wind turbine blade of GE standing 131 feet. The tour will cover nine states traveling 2,436 miles.
GE believes that governmental policies are essential, as the right policy can help create more jobs, increase technological innovations and investments which lead to a competitive and prosperous economy.
The Vice President of Renewable Energy business of GE Vic Abate commented that American innovation and technology can help create a smarter, cleaner, energy-efficient economy.
The GE tour is likely to commence in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and end in Dallas, Texas. The tour will be part of wind energy trade show Windpower 2010 of the American Wind Energy Association. The tour will make stops at Trinity Structural Towers in Newton, Iowa; Clean Air Fair in Columbus, Ohio; GE Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky; Molded Fiber Glass Companies in Gainesville, Texas; and Louisville Zoo in Louisville, Kentucky among others in the months of April and May 2010.
During the tour, individuals who witness the blade can sign their names on the blade in support of clean energy future. Currently, Texas, Iowa, Washington, Minnesota and California are the states that have installed most of the wind capacity. Presently, wind energy offers around 2% of the nation’s electrical energy and generates sufficient electrical energy to run over 10.5 million homes in the U.S. In 2009, the U.S. wind energy industry offered 85,000 jobs throughout the nation.