This section of the Wind Energy Weekly archives focuses on developments in the international marketplace. The international market for wind energy is still 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. AWEA Home Page 1998 by the American Wind Energy Association. May be freely distributed provided this notice is included. All other rights reserved.