Pioneering in wind energy: The California experience

Robert W. Righter

Renewable Energy, 1996, vol. 9, issue 1, 781-784

Abstract: In California today nearly 16,000 wind generators are spinning, providing for the electrical needs of roughly one million residents. Yet in 1980, just sixteen years ago, the state was without wind generators, save for a few experimental models. It is time to reflect on this remarkable growth. What caused it? What transformed a “soft energy path” dream into reality? This paper will focus on four central factors: 1) political climate, 2) tax incentives, 3) the PURPA Act of 1978, and 4) a sympathetic public utility commission.

Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)88399-6

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