Wind turbine manufacturing. It takes ~500 workers to build a wind turbine. Close enough to the Midwest and East Coast (Ohio for inland, Michigan is on the Great Lakes if you want to ship out the Intercoastal for offshore wind on the East Coast) for transportation ease. Transition out anyone on the manufacturing line to PMs or turbine techs who want to get outside or relocate.
To power all of the US with wind alone would take ~4 million turbines, not to mention repowering existing wind farms over time. That’s a lot of manufacturing left to be done, and it isn’t going out of style anytime soon.
To power all of the US with wind alone would take ~4 million turbines, not to mention repowering existing wind farms over time. That’s a lot of manufacturing left to be done, and it isn’t going out of style anytime soon.