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Figure 7.18 WEG wind turbines (Photo: Arne Jaeger).
In the case of all these big and very ambitious projects, it was
professionals from universities and big corporations, who designed
and developed the constructions, and led the work, followed by
great public attention, glossy publications and presentations at
international conferences.
In the initial phase, the experience gained from the big test
wind turbine was generally so depressing, the technology so
complicated and costly, that wind power would hardly have been
a relevant option today, if not for the Danish parallel development
from below, starting with windmills ...