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GE made the news today with its investment in the Alta Wind I farm in Kern County, California.  This made me want to dig a little deeper to get a better idea of GE Energy Financial Service's strategy.  I went into their website to see their wind energy portfolio and the kind of activity has occurred between December 2010 and this latest announcement.  What I found was interesting and seems to correlate with GE's stock activity. Take a look at the charts and you'll see December's break out, but inability to break out of the current channel (and overhead resistance in January) Here's some of the highlights for December: CPV Renewable Energy Company $65,000,000 152-megawatt wind project located 12 miles southwest of Woodward, Oklahoma Horizon Wind Energy LLC $111,000,000 The farms are located in Rattlesnake Road, Oregon (103 MW); Meridian Way, north central Kansas (201 MW); and Pioneer Prairie, northeastern Iowa (300 MW). $117,000,000 225-megawatt wind fa...

Take it as a marketing tactic or a terrific sign of the company's commitment to energy, but Siemens is in the news again, but this time for the wind industry. (Found in PR Newswire) Siemens Receives its Largest Onshore Wind Turbine Order to Date and Further Solidifies its Position in the U.S. Wind Power Market No matter what your school of thought is towards the feasibility of wind power, as long as companies continue to receive orders for their renewable energy products, I will remain confident in the future of innovation to support environmental preservation.   I am not here to prove the reliability of nature to produce wind.  If we can hook up a power cord to a hamster wheel and the little fur ball generates power, I'm content.  What I want to instill is that the opportunity for a career in wind has enough "gust" to propel you far enough to learn where you will fit in. Take a look at the Siemens website here .  If you're unfamiliar with the interconnect...