Blown Away

摘要

Ge energy financialrnServices, a General Electric Co. investing arm, does not think small. "We look for the next billion-dollar industries," says Kevin Skillern, managing director in charge of venture capital investments.rnBy all rights, then, Skillern should turn up his nose at the small-wind industry. Sales of wind turbines that generate 100 kilowatts or fewer topped out at $156 million globally in 2008. The biggest player,' Flagstaff, Arizona's Southwest Windpower, which makes a residential-scale three-kilowatt turbine called Skystream, will have revenue of less than $25 million this year.