Market Structure
Porter’s Five Forces
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Overview of Geography
There are seven blade manufacturing facilities in the U.S., located in five different states (Figure SC.1). For more discussion on the role geography plays in the wind turbine manufacturing industry, please see the “Wind Turbine Manufacturing” step. Table SC.1 provides more details on the major blade manufactures. According to the DOE report , around 50 to 70 percent of blades are manufactured domestically, primarily due to the logistic difficulty of transporting blades long distance.
Figure SC.1 Major Wind-related Manufacturing Facility Location Operational in 2017
Source: Figure 83 from AWEA 2017 U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report
Table SC.1 List of Blade Manufacturers in the United States
Source: Created by authors based on company’s annual financial report or online website
| Company Name | Headquarter Location | Manufacturing Location(s) | Number of Employees | Revenue (million) | Source |
| GE Renewable Energy* | Paris, France | Little Rock, AR
Grand Forks, ND |
10,000 (LM Wind Power across 10 countries) | $10,280 | 2017 Annual Report |
| Molded Fiber Glass | Ashtabula, OH | Aberdeen, SD | n/a | n/a | Company website |
| Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy | Zamudio, Spain | Fort Madison, IA | 400 (at Fort Madison facility) | $6,538 | 2017 Annual Report |
| TPI Composites | Scottsdale, AZ | Newton, IA | 7,700 | $930 | 2017 Annual report |
| Vestas | Aarhus, Denmark | Windsor, CO
Brighton, CO |
23,303 | $11,634 | 2017 Annual Report |
*GE Renewable Energy acquired LM Wind Power in April 2017