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Throughout the 1960s, a German Technologist called Professor Ulrich Hutter designed a number of wind generators that used modern materials such as fibreglass and types of plastics. The lighter materials meant that the device could operate in lighter winds, generating electricity. Slowly but surely, wind powered turbines were beginning to look economic to build and maintain. |
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Due mainly to the rapid rise in oil prices throughout
the late 1970s and 1980s the development of wind generators (turbines)
accelerated. Recently wars and unstable governments in oil producing
regions has led to the understanding that alternative forms of energy
production have to be developed. Also, there is a greater understanding
that using fossil fuels to produce electricity causes pollution that
damages the environment and causes global warming. |
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