energy
COMPOSITES WATCH
WIND BLADE joint venture to
supply Europe and North Africa
Source | Nordex
TPI Composites (Scottsdale, Ariz.) announced
on Aug. 13 that it had signed a multiyear supply agreement with
Nordex SE (Hamburg, Germany) under which it will provide
blades for Nordex's N117 wind turbine from TPI's factory in
Izmir, Turkey. Nordex will use the blades for projects in Turkey
and export them to other locations in the greater European region,
northern Africa and the Middle East.
TPI and ALKE ÎNŞAAT, an engineering, manufacturing and
construction company headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, formed
a joint venture company in Izmir to manufacture large blades in
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