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I was just going to pick up the World Wind Energy Association’s 2012 Small Wind World Report and extract a few useful numbers to keep myself abreast of the small turbine industry. But once I began leafing through it, I thought others might be interested in this book and the picture it paints of the growth of interest in small wind turbines. . .

The Folkecenter for Renewable Energy (FC) has again published a handy report cataloging small wind turbines available worldwide. The FC’s 2012 Catalogue of Small Wind Turbines is the one neutral source of product information worldwide on small wind turbines less than 50 kW in capacity. . .

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Reno, Nevada is vying for the world record for “Worst Turbine Install in History” through sheer scale, expense, and hubris. . .

Typical Of Rooftop Turbines, The Rotor Is Tied Down On This Non Operating Turbine In Holzhausen, Rheinland Pfalz, 2005. The Turbine Is Noteworthy In Its Own Right. The Turbine Is Probably An Allgaier Built In The Years From 1950 1959. It Appears To Be A Twin To A Turbine Atop The Same Company's Building, Klöckner Moeller, Alongside The Main North South Line From Bonn To Koblenz. The Allgaier Was A Derivative Of The Work By The Father Of German Wind Energy, Ulrich Hütter, And Was Built By A Small Company In The South Of Germany In Göppingen (near Uhingen). Altogether, There Were About 200 Units Built And Ranged In Size From 6 10 Kw. A Photograph Similar To This And This Background Information Is Contained In Windgeshichter By Jan Oelker, 2005.

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