The US wind giant says it will provide 288 1.6MW machines with 100-metre blades designed for low-wind-speed sites to NextEra Energy Canada for the projects, to be completed in 2013 and 2014.

The deal fleshes out GE's announcement last week that it has orders in place for 650MW of wind turbines in Ontario, which is among the most attractive North American jurisdictions for renewable energy development thanks to a feed-in tariff (FIT) that pays new wind projects C$0.115/kWh.

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