Watch this video showing the giant 134 foot wind turban blades being masde and transported.

If you’re driving anywhere between Iowa and upstate New York this week, honk if you like wind! One of the giant blades — nearly half a football field in length — that powers GE’s 1.5-megawatt line of wind turbines is making a cross-country journey on the back of a flatbed truck as it winds its way from the factory to GE’s Schenectady plant, where it will be put on permanent display.

Pioneering Wind Power

GE wind turbine technology features robust designs for long, reliable performance, variable speed control, independent blade pitch for reduced loads and cost-effective operation and unique WindVAR electronics for local grid support and improved transmission efficiencies. For the first time, wind turbines can remain online and feed reactive power to the electric grid right through major system disturbances with our low-voltage ride-thru technology.