History

• In 1931, Russia built a100kW Balaclava wind generator (DWEA, 2001).

• In 1941, the United States built a 1.25 MW generator in Vermont (Dodge, 2001).

• In the 1950’s, Johannes Juul developed the 200kW Gedser wind turbine (Dodge, 2001).

• Interest fades until the “Arab Oil Crisis” of the 1970’s.

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