GE has piled into the Chinese wind eco-system, committing to the build out of an offshore factory in Jieyang’s Offshore Wind cluster in the Chinese province of Guangdong. It will also establish an operations center in Guangzhou. GE claims it has growing demand for its wind turbines in China and throughout the Asia Pacific region and it will begin building the factory at the end of 2019 and begin turbine assembly in H2 2021. The industrial park at Jieyang aims to develop an offshore wind cluster with a marshaling harbor and industry-related suppliers, to serve local and regional projects. It is centrally located to serve the South China Sea. GE plans to carry out local offshore R&D for local designs…