Wind turbine - The Spread in U.S.
Time: 1908
Place: U.S.
Details: By 1908, there were 72 wind-driven electric generators operating in the United States from 5 kW to 25 kW. Around the time of World War I, American windmill makers were producing 100,000 farm windmills each year, mostly for water-pumping.
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