Oklahoma's Wind Energy Industry At A Glance

Oklahoma is the ideal location for wind generation, tower and blade production, turbine component manufacturing, repair and maintenance operations, and industry R&D. Some of the major players already here include: DMI Industries and Bergey Windpower; hundreds of wind-component manufacturers that can supply the wind industry; and power developers Chermac Energy Group, FPL Energy, GE, Horizon Wind Energy, TradeWind Energy, Renewable Energy Systems, and Wind Energy Prototypes.

5 Reasons to Locate Your Wind Manufacturing Company in Oklahoma, an attractive one-page flier that can easily be downloaded, printed, and used with your community's other marketing/prospect materials.

More Details, Maps, and Resources: Oklahoma is Wind Energy

State Energy Office News, the latest details on Oklahoma's wind, biofuels, solar, CNG, geothermal, and energy-efficiency industries.  

5 Reasons To Locate Your Wind Manufacturing Company in Oklahoma

Central Location Makes Oklahoma An Accessible Profit Center

Reduce your logistics and transportation costs by locating in Oklahoma. The state's central location is ideal for production, assembly, and staging of turbines, blade and tower components. Oklahoma's proximity to wind projects within a 500-mile radius creates an ideal market for expansion.

Wind Farms: Oklahoma and Surrounding States

Career-Ready Workforce

Lower Your Cost of Delivery & Development

Oklahoma's overall cost of doing business was ranked 10th lowest in the nation by the Milken Institute in its 2007 index. Labor costs and industrial electric rates are both well below the national average.

Oklahoma Wind Industry Packet for Prospects Compiled by Oklahoma's Site Selection Fast Forward Team, this prospect packet includes contact information, detailed operating costs, tables showing business cost comparisons with other cities, pro-business state rankings, an overview of the state's corporate tax structure, incentive program information, a sample incentive package, and more.

You Choose: Cash Back or Tax Credits?

Oklahoma's business incentives program offers you a choice of up to 5% cash back quarterly of new taxable payroll or a tax credit on investment or new jobs. Additionally, a 5-Year Ad Valorem Property Tax Exemption is available for qualifying manufacturing companies.

Contact 800-588-5959 today for a customized incentive analysis!

R&D Support In Your Backyard

Oklahoma is Your Ideal Location For:

• Tower Production
• Blade Construction
• Turbine Assembly
• Regional Staging

Research & Analysis Briefing: Oklahoma's Wind-Component Manufacturing Industry & Wages
Highlights: Oklahoma's employment in potential wind-component manufacturing industries grew 3.9% between 2006 and 2007 and increased during a period when wind-component manufacturing across the United States fell by 3.4%. Average wages in Oklahoma's wind-component manufacturing industry equal $40,709, which is almost 15% higher than the average wage in the state as a whole.

This 2-page report from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce identifies the relative size of wind-component manufacturing industries in Oklahoma and the United States. The size is based on the 20 major component parts used in large-scale wind turbines and identified by the Renewable Energy Policy Project. These major components are manufactured in 12 NAICS industries.

Ready-Market Right Here In Oklahoma:

• The state has 700+ MW of wind generation currently in operation. The Southwest Power Pool, a regional transmission organization, expects its 8-state region to produce 8,500 MW of wind power, with more than half coming from Oklahoma, between 2020 and 2025. 
• Based on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's predictions for U.S. wind industry growth, the Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative expects Oklahoma to be the second-largest generator of wind power in the nation by 2030.
• Oklahoma's major electric utilities offer wind energy to their customers, and Oklahoma boasts enough potential wind resources to supply 10% of the country's electricity needs.
• Oklahoma has the capacity to deliver and receive wind manufacturing components to nearly 20 states by waterway. With three in-state ports, Oklahoma has ideal access to North America's growing wind cluster including the U.S. south central states, east coast, the upper Midwest, Great Lakes states, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Available, Skilled, Affordable Workforce