The significant volume of patents that General Electric Company receives related to wind energy bears noting.  It seems to demonstrate a commitment by GE to be a player in this emerging field.

Within the past two weeks alone, among the 40+ overall patents issued by the USPTO to GE, at least 3 are directly related to GE windmill systems. The fact that many of these patents go directly to the “details” of wind energy systems that are efficient and durable, is indicative of their commitment to be a significant source of windmill systems as this field continues to grow.  In particular:

United States Patent No. 7,438,533 demonstrates a system for creating wind turbine rotor blades that have more structural integrity, due to a specific arrangement of glass and carbon fibers.  And in United States Patent No. 7,437,264, they describe how to properly balance the blades of the rotor.  

 
United States Patent No. 7,437,216 describes another approach of dealing with the problem of having non-performing windmills connected to the power grid.  This problem appears to be a popular problem to tackle - at least in the multiple patents issuing that deal with it. (See previous post)

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