Arizona-based TPI said it has extended agreements through to 2020 with GE covering Iowa and Mexico.

The blade manufacturer added: “TPI also entered into a new agreement with GE for the supply of incremental wind blades from its third party manufacturing facility under construction in Juarez, Mexico through 2020, expecting to begin production in the first quarter of 2017.”

The announcement came hours after GE revealed its plan to buy Denmark-based LM, in a deal that immediately raised questions over the OEM's future blade procurement strategy, and the latter’s position with the rest of the market.

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