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Aren't most / all turbine blade factories already on the coast? It's an obvious location when most will be deployed in the North Sea.
by Symbiote 5y ago
Aren't most / all turbine blade factories already on the coast? It's an obvious location when most will be deployed in the North Sea.
- bluGill 5y agoTurbine factories are near where the wind farms are for shipping reasons. For offshore wind you need to be at a good port so you can get the blades directly to a ship. For inland wind farms you locate near where someone is willing to make a long term commitment to buy your windmills. I have no idea what current numbers are, but I expect long term most factories will be inland and produce wind turbines of a size that is limited by local transport roads/laws. At sea might be better, but one factory can produce windmills for any ocean in the world. Inland shipping is far more expensive and so we need more factories scattered around. If your country is near the sea then off-shore wind is best. However a lot of land isn't close enough to the sea to make off-shore practical and so they need a different option.