Power/energy: No ill winds for New Mexico utility: Under test in one municipality's power system, an experimental machine supplies up to 15 percent of community needs

It has been a little more than a year since the first Federally sponsored large wind generator joined the electric utility system in the town of Clayton, N.M., and while much remains to be studied, already it is clear: the results are encouraging. Linked to the town's present system of seven diesel generators, the revolving wind blades can supply 200 kW of output power, nearly 15 percent of Clayton's total power load during off-peak periods.