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Wind Power

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by Ian Woofenden

Wind Power For Dummies ®

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About the Author

Ian Woofenden began exploring renewable energy as a preteen growing up

in the Midwest, where he built a solar greenhouse, used a clothesline, and

walked, ran, and bicycled extensively. Later, when he was a teenager in New

England, his parents had a solar hot water system, and he read widely on sus-

tainability, renewable energy, and country living.

After marrying his college sweetheart and going on a 1,200-mile honeymoon

on a tandem bicycle, Ian lived in a tipi in Maine and on an island in Lake

Michigan before settling on an island in the inland waters between mainland

Washington state and Vancouver Island, Canada. There, he and his wife

bought 10 acres of off-grid property and began an experimental life with

country living and renewable energy that has now spanned almost three

decades.

Raising a large family off-grid had many lessons to teach, and running a

production woodcraft business for 14 years was challenging and instruc-

tive, too. Starting with an automobile battery and a few taillight bulbs, Ian’s

renewable energy systems have grown to include three wind generators,

multiple solar-electric systems, two solar hot water systems, wood heating,

extensive gardens and orchards, and again, clotheslines. Ian’s favorite mode

of transportation is a bicycle, and a solar recumbent tandem trike may be in

his future.

Ian comes to renewable energy rst and foremost as a user and abuser, an

experimenter and active learner. In the early 1990s, Ian decided to pursue

this passion as a career and began to take workshops offered in Colorado

by Solar Energy International (SEI). A year later, he was coordinating work-

shops in the Northwest for SEI. Three years later, he landed a job as an editor

with Home Power magazine, his all-time favorite publication. Today, Ian is

one of the senior editors at Home Power and is Northwest and Costa Rica

Coordinator for SEI, organizing and co-teaching 8 to 10 weeks of workshops

per year.

Ian is author of numerous articles on wind energy and other renewable

energy topics for Home Power and other publications, and he is one of the

supporting coauthors of Power from the Wind by Dan Chiras. He also teaches

wind-energy workshops for other organizations and does private consulting

for individuals, businesses, and organizations. He particularly enjoys teach-

ing and consulting in Central America, where he spends several weeks each

winter.

With his family mostly grown, Ian is excited to see some of his kids involved

in renewable energy and environmental education. His family homestead is

still an experimental lab where new products are tested and new lessons are

learned. If he hasn’t already overcommitted himself, Ian likes to correspond

with readers at ian.woofenden@mindspring.com .

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