The International Market Archives From the pages of . Although wind energy's development has been slowed somewhat in the United States in recent months as the electric utility industry goes through major structural changes, the international market is booming.
Wind offers some appealing advantages to developing countries.
Wind turbines can lower fuel costs in remote communities where diesel generators are used, and wind does not damage the environment. Also, wind machines can be installed singly or in small clusters, making it easy to suit them to modest-sized power requirements and easy to finance them. This section of the Wind Energy Weekly archives focuses on developments in the international marketplace. AWEA Home Page 1998 by the American Wind Energy Association. May be freely distributed provided this notice is included.