One Korean turbine manufacturer, Unison, is even setting up a factory in China to compete with the Chinese for the turbine market there.
The government has therefore focused on creating the right conditions for turbine manufacturers to move to UK locations.
N.F. Burnham, an American turbine manufacturer, patented numerous improved designs in the second half of 19th century.
The Danish turbine manufacturer, Vestas, constructed a blade manufacturing facility at nearby Portland in August 2005.
The largest wind turbine manufacturers are based in Denmark, Germany, Spain, India, and USA.
Danish company Vestas Wind Systems, and one of the world's largest turbine manufacturers, constructed the wind farm.
Among the chief beneficiaries are the gas turbine manufacturers, which have already seen orders increase as utilities move toward burning cleaner fuel.
When oil prices declined by a factor of three from 1980 through the early 1990s, many turbine manufacturers, both large and small, left the business.
Some turbine manufacturers offer low-temperature packages at a few percent extra cost, which include internal heaters, different lubricants, and different alloys for structural elements.
Ellis was recruited to Kenetech Corporation, one of the nation's foremost windpower development and turbine manufacturers.