U.S. Department of Energy Wind Energy Research Program for Low Wind Speed Technology of the Future

Abstract

The United States is facing many challenges as it prepares to meet its energy needs during the twenty-first century. Electricity supply crises in California, fluctuating natural gas and gasoline prices, heightened concerns about the security of the domestic energy infrastructure and of foreign sources of supply, and uncertainties about the benefits of restructuring are all elements of the energy policy challenge.