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Harnessing <strong>the</strong> Wind<br />

• 34 of AVEC’s 55 villages are in class 4+ wind<br />

regimes<br />

• A high-efficiency diesel genera<strong>to</strong>r yields 14<br />

kWh/gallon<br />

• A 100-kW turbine could produce 220,000 kWh/<br />

yr = 16,000 gallons displaced<br />

• Four units (a wind plot) = 64,000 gallons<br />

displaced

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