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Wind energy is one of the great technological success stories of the past decade.
The first commercial wind power plants, installed in late 1981 in California, were expensive, with unreliable turbines that required constant maintenance. In addition, wind energy development is a new and thriving segment of the U.S. economy. The articles in this section of the Wind Energy Weekly archives detail this remarkable record of progress, the economic benefits of harnessing one of the cleanest and most abundant energy sources, and the costs of competing energy sources. AWEA Home Page 1998 by the American Wind Energy Association. May be freely distributed provided this notice is included.