23.1 Introduction
In the aspiring global wind power industry today there is hardly
a book that does not deal with, or at least mention, one particular
event in wind power history: The great Californian Wind Rush.
It may sound a bit like the old wild west times and the thrilling
gold rush that everyone wanted to enjoy—and it was.
farm development began in California in the early 1980s. What
followed was an unprecedented rush for wind turbines. This
rush changed some pieces of landscapes from abandoned and
seemingly worthless places ...