COMPOSITES WATCH
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2012. Te joint venture, TPI Kompozit Kanat Sanayi ve Ticaret
A.S., has a 355,000-f2 (32,500m2) building with convenient access
to both land and water transportation, which enables cost-efective
export of blades to southern and eastern Europe and northern Africa. TPI Composites controls and operates the Turkish joint venture.
"We are thrilled to add Nordex as a key customer of our Turkey operation under TPI's partnership model," says Steve Lockard,
president and CEO of TPI Composites. "Nordex is a leader in the
Turkey and European wind markets. Teir N117 turbine is one of
the most advanced and efcient in its class with average capacity
factors in excess of 35 percent." Dr. Juergen Zeschky, CEO of Nordex, adds, "We are very pleased to be partnering with TPI in Turkey
to provide world-class wind blades to the region. TPI's track record
as a technology and quality leader makes them an excellent partner
to match the performance and reliability of Nordex wind turbines."
Related to wind energy market growth in Eurasia, Reuters
reported on Aug. 26 that wind turbine and blade producer Siemens (Munich, Germany) expects the global wind power market
to more than quadruple by 2030, lifed by strong growth in Asia.
Markus Tacke, chief executive of Siemens' wind power division,
said at a renewable energy conference in Berlin that "the market
will shif away from Europe signifcantly," according to the story
by Christoph Steitz. Tacke added that globally installed wind power capacity would increase to 1,107 GW in 2030 from 273 GW in
2012, with the Asia-Pacifc region accounting for more than 47
percent of the total, up from 34 percent now.
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