English - Nooteboom Giants on the Road Magazine English - Nr. 6 - 2019 | Page 34

GIANTS ON THE ROAD
Wind energy
WITHOUT
SUBSIDY
END 1980 THE FIRST COMMERCIAL WIND PROJECT SPRANG UP ON THE
HILLSIDES OF CROTCHED MOUNTAIN IN SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE
(USA): TWENTY WINDMILLS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 0.6 MW. THE
INTEREST FOR WIND ENERGY BLEW OVER FROM THE UNITED STATES TO
EUROPE AND IN THE NINETIES THE NUMBER OF WINDMILLS INCREASED
DRAMATICALLY. THE LEADING COUNTRIES WERE DENMARK AND GERMANY,
BUT SUDDENLY A LARGE NUMBER OF WIND TURBINES ALSO APPEARED
ON THE HORIZON IN THE NETHERLANDS, THE UK, SWEDEN AND SPAIN.
NOOTEBOOM KEEPS A CLOSE EYE ON THE WORLD OF WIND ENERGY
THROUGH OWN RESEARCH.
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