Reagan in the late 1980s, the world wind turbine manufacturing
industry went into decline.
Figure 25.4 Ronald Reagan’s wind power policy.
25.4 Lessons from California
In 1985, Preben Maegaard from the Folkecenter asked Smiley to help
organise and lead a tour of 12 Danish wind turbine manufacturer
representatives to visit the California wind industry and to attend
the American Wind Energy Conference in San Francisco. They
travelled in two large vans from San Diego, continuing on to Palm
Springs, Tehachapi, Pacheco Pass, up to the Altamont and San
Francisco, visiting every wind ...