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USWP machines strongly dominate the Altamont area with
the 56-100 kW
model, which was installed more often in the state
than any other turbine type. In Solano County, a site in the north of
California, USWPs make up a remarkable portion of the wind farms
developed there. In 1993, USWP changed its name to Kenetech.
Some hundreds of its KVS-33, 300-400 kW turbines were installed
in Altamont and Solano but also sold to other developers at San
Gorgonio.
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Figure 23.13
American USWP 56-100 (100 kW), 2010. Several thousands
were raised at Altamont between 1983 and 1992. It is
strongly dominating this area. Note lacking nacelle covers
(Photo: Arne Jaeger).
Enertech machines remained operational throughout the whole
1990s and 2000s in the Altamont Pass, as did the first sets of Wind
Matics, employing the early Riisager-designed
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rotors. They are
still overlooking Highway 850 among voluminous Dutch Polenko
machines.
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Some hundred KVS-33s were installed in other US states (Minnesota, Texas)
as well as in Europe (Spain, the Netherlands). Two sites in northern Germany
were originally intended to be developed by Kenetech but were left for German
firms after the demise of Kenetech in 1996. Technological spin-ofs appeared in
the Ukraine (1993-2001) and in Spain (Abengoa Wind Power 1991-1993).
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Riisager was an influential Danish pioneer who, in the 1970s, created a rotor
design that was given his name.
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