Why is port traffic increasing because of wind energy? The parts necessary to build a wind turbine are large and transported via port.
Let’s look at the impact on the Port of Corpus Christi:
- 99,300 tons of wind energy-related equipment and materials in 2015
- Wind energy parts gobbled up port space and the Port had to us a 200-acre parcel on the north side of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel for storage of wind energy parts
Corpus Christi Caller Times | Wind energy exports making port’s role more important