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Acknowledgments

he first acknowledgment goes to the family. This book would
not have been possible without the support of my wife Shob-
T hana and two wonderful daughters Suhani and Sweta. The
book took a significant toll on the family; I am grateful for their whole-
hearted support and backing. I also want to thank my mother and
sisters Savita and Rekha for their support.
The second acknowledgment goes to my colleagues at Wind En-
ergy Consulting and Contracting, Inc. I am grateful to Wayne Hil-
dreth, who got me into the wind industry and Glenn Mauney and
Mike Steinke for helping me to sell the products to clients and giving
me the opportunity to hone my skills and to all the other colleagues. I
learned a lot from Per Nielsen of EMD, who always responded to my
strangest queries. Other people that helped me learn about the vari-
ous facets of wind industry are Tim Printy, Kirk Heston, Mark Tippett,
Craig White, and Ralph Wegner.
The third acknowledgment goes to companies that shared pictures
and data for the book including Alan Henderson of P&H, Vergnet,
Vensys, Bosch-Rexroth, SKF, Vestas, GE, WindPower Monthly, World
Wind Energy Association, American Wind Energy Association,
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and National Renewable Energy
Lab.
Next, I would like to thank the International Electrotechnical Com-
mission (IEC) for permission to reproduce Information from its In-
ternational Standard IEC 61400-1 ed.3.0 (2005). All such extracts are
copyright of IEC, Geneva, Switzerland. All rights reserved. Further
information on the IEC is available from www.iec.ch. IEC has no re-
sponsibility for the placement and context in which the extracts and
contents are reproduced by the author, nor is IEC in any way respon-
sible for the other content or accuracy therein.
Finally, I want to thank McGraw-Hill for accepting my proposal
for the book and helping me with the editing and publishing process.

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