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by jbms 389 days ago
The best thing in their favour is how standardized and simple a wind turbine tower is. They know the requirements and their customers. It's much easier than a skyscraper, and it might let them start to scale production of the materials so they become more attractive to other applications.

However there is growth in mass timber construction generally. People are competing to build taller and taller timber skyscrapers.