The development of modern wind power in Germany began in
the research institutes for aviation in Stuttgart. After World War II
and after the oil crisis of the 1970s, the vital impulses for the use
of wind energy came from the community around Professor Ulrich
and the composite construction principle Hütter with his students
and associates at the University of Stuttgart and at the German
Test and Research Institute for Aviation and Space Flight (Deutsche
Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt DFVLR)
built the foundation for design and construction of ...