Until a few years ago, Siemens Gamesa manufactured its rotor blades for the onshore systems in the neighboring town of Brande. However, like at the German Vestas site in Lauchhammer, that is no longer worthwhile. So the factory was switched to the very heavy but less large hubs – they were previously manufactured in Cuxhaven. Tower builder Valmont has already secured a plot of land in Esbjerg harbor to be able to load its next-generation components directly onto the ship. A structural change is also taking place in the Danish wind power locations, albeit with one difference to what is happening in Germany: for most of the factories and jobs that are disappearing, new, larger locations are being created elsewhere in the country.
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