ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reinforcing its capability to meet the growing global demand for wind turbines, GE Energy has signed an agreement with one of the leading wind turbine blade suppliers, TPI Composites. In support of the agreement, TPI plans to build a new 316,000 square foot facility in Newton, Iowa that will create approximately 500 new jobs.
The new plant will expand TPI's capacity to produce blades for GE's 1.5-megawatt wind turbines, which are among the most widely used wind turbines in the world, with more than 6,500 installed.
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WILMINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Illinois-based Exelon Nuclear, the nation's largest nuclear utility, has announced it will use GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's (GEH) next-generation ESBWR reactor design if the company decides to build a new nuclear power plant in Texas.
Exelon Nuclear is studying locations in Matagorda and Victoria counties in Texas as potential reactor sites to help address that state's rapidly growing demand for energy.