generators. Meanwhile, a hole in the market was developing with the
increasing absence of mid-scale wind turbines. With supply
constrained and the absence of mid-scale wind turbines, Steve
Smiley and Preben Maegaard (XMIRE), worked with Tupac Canosa
Diaz as project manager, to initiate a technical exchange to build
a Michigan based mid-scale wind turbine.
Figure 25.13 Steve Smiley, Jane Kruse, and Preben Maegaard.
Steve founded Heron Wind Manufacturing to develop the wind
turbine. The H-777 wind turbine is an advanced evolutionary step
in the Danish FC integrated gearbox drive