Wind-power research and development in the UK

In the USA, expenditure on windpower research and development has reached $60 million for 1979. Britain is several years behind in terms of expenditure: the USA now has several large machines either working or near completion. But, as Britain is concentrating its efforts on designs and sites, e.g. offshore plant, which the US programme is not covering in great depth, Britain still has something to offer the international research effort