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A Danish manufacturer is seeking to build the first factory making wind turbine blades in Scotland, in a breakthrough for the renewable energy sector. Vestas, a world-leading blade maker, has begun the process of securing planning permission for the site at Leith docks in Edinburgh - one of Scotland's green freeports.
There are only two factories in Britain where blades are made for wind turbines - one on the Isle of Wight, run by Vestas, and the other in Hull, run by the German-Spanish joint venture Siemens Gamesa. The plan for Leith would see it producing Vestas' new design of offshore blade, known as B236, which will be 115 metres (377 ft) long.
The wind turbine blade manufacturing industry encompasses companies that produce components crucial for transforming wind energy into electricity. These businesses, which range from multinational corporations to more localized enterprises, construct, install, and service wind turbine blades for use in both onshore and offshore settings.
Production by Vestas is currently underway for the Seagreen project at its blade factory and R&D centre on the Isle of Wight. The turbine manufacturer recently revealed its 1,000th offshore wind blade produced in the UK– an 80m V164 blade – which recently rolled out of the facility is destined for Seagreen.
As one of the world's leading wind turbine blade manufacturers, LM Wind Power combines decades of expertise with cutting-edge technology to produce state-of-the-art blades. Their relentless pursuit of excellence in design and manufacturing has resulted in highly efficient and reliable blades for wind turbines of all sizes.
Opened in December 2016, the factory initially produced 75m blades which have been used in offshore wind farms off the east coast of the UK including Dudgeon, Beatrice, Triton Knoll and Hornsea One and Two, which is the world’s largest offshore wind farm operated by Orsted and has further remodelled of its production lines to build the 81m blades.
