XEMC production- and assembly factory for wind turbines now at "Axelse Vlakte" in the south of The Netherlands?

I just read a Dutch article about XEMC, who bought Darwind in 2009. It looks like they will not have their production and assembly hall in the north of the Netherlands, but right on the other side, in the south, near Belgium, in the province of Zeeland.

During the years 2004-2009 the province Noord-Holland paid a lot of subsidiary funds in wind energy projects. One of the most important reasons was to employ people in that province who had no job. Skilled people, but without the marine, who cut back on staff, without work.A number of them found a job in the factory of Harakosan and later on Darwind.

Now in  a Dutch news article by Wout Bareman it was mentioned that a new area in the south of the Netherlands, Axelse vlakte could actually be the new site for the production and assembly factory. This would not be a bad choice in fact, because of the cooperation with two companies based in that area, Unitron and Technotron. Also for transport of the turbines to be built it is of vital importance to have good roads to the major seaports of Europe (Rotterdam and Antwerp) The enormous turbines do weigh more than 17.000 kilos per item and of course, special  transport is required. It is important to do this kind of transports as fast as possible.

The mayor of Terneuzen, Jan Lonink has mentioned the Chinese Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group (XEMC) Windpower is considering the Axelse vlakte as a possibility.When exactly XEMC-Darwind will decide upon the new location of the European base, is still not clear.

More links of interest (mainly in Dutch):Axels Vlakte on Google Maps, Jan Lonink on LinkedIn , Terneuzen, Provinciaal Beleid Zeeland subsidies duurzame energie

It may be useful to read them with Google Translator - you will at least get a basic idea of what the story is about.