Acknowledgments

The assistance of Trudy Forsyth and Frank A. Oteri is greatly appreciated in writing the chapters on distributed wind systems and economic considerations. Trudy is retired from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)/National Wind Technology Center, where she was a mechanical engineer V and the Distributed Wind Program lead. Frank is a contractor with Wind Powering America/NREL serving as communications specialist.

I thank all the engineers, scientists, manufacturers, policy makers, and research program managers for their candid discussions, criticism, and encouragement over the last 35 years as I led a small team conducting research and testing for the USDA–Agricultural Research Service in Bushland, Texas. I am grateful ...

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