A critique of small autonomous wind power systems

The world divides into those with grid power (about 2500 million), those with autonomous power systems (about 200000), and those without power (about 2500 million). The author considers how the lessons learned from the second category can help to provide facilities for the third category. He considers wind powered and wind assisted systems as follows: examples of electricity costs from diesel generators, which form the benchmark for substitution by renewables; examples of autonomous wind power systems; optimum strategies for such systems; and a proposed theory to size and match supplies with demands