TPI, GE extend supply agreements, plan next-gen wind blade design collaboration
TPI has manufactured wind blades for GE since 2008. New commitments will lead to the development of new blade types and potentially more production lines in 2023.
On Jan. 5, TPI Composites Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz., U.S.) extended its supply agreements with GE Renewable Energy (GE, Paris, France) through 2025. GE and TPI also plan to work together on GE’s next-generation blade types including the possibility of adding more production lines in 2023, in addition to the nine production lines GE has in operation today with TPI.
“We are pleased that GE has extended its relationship with TPI, and we look forward to collaborating on GE’s next-generation blade designs and growing our production for them in the U.S. and internationally to continue to enable a cost-effective wind blade supply,” Bill Siwek, president and CEO of TPI, says.
GE’s long-standing relationship enables it to continue providing competitive, high-tech wind turbines to its customers, according to GE Onshore Wind CEO, Vic Abate. “Wind energy has an important and exciting future in the U.S. and around the world, and we look forward to working together with TPI and our customers to deliver on the energy transition.”
In November 2022, TPI announced that it signed an agreement with GE Renewable Energy which enabled the company to secure a long-term lease extension of its manufacturing facility in Newton, Iowa, U.S., beginning in 2024. TPI has manufactured wind blades for GE since 2008.
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