What local jobs are available with a wind turbine project?
The construction of wind farms requires a substantial amount of local labor, materials and services, including gravel, road material, concrete, and surveying services. Many other products and services can be provided locally, including painting, trucking, staging and storage. A substantial amount of tools and miscellaneous hardware can be provided locally. The typical wind farm requires up to 200 construction personnel for up to a year for each construction phase, and these workers frequent area motels, restaurants and stores. The number of operating personnel vary according to the size of the wind farm, but the typical wind farm has a business office in the local community with 2 to 6 employees, and an operation and maintenance office in the wind farm area with 5 to 20 employees or more, depending on the number of turbines installed.
