BP has gradually given up on plans to enter the UK wind industry and concentrated all its turbine activities on the us, where it can win tax breaks and get cheaper and easier access to land.

An even greater increase is expected between 2005 and 2010. Farmers and ranchers are providing land to turbine owners or, in some cases, owning the equipment themselves.

Aerospace OEMs and their suppliers require quality air flow measurements of passages in both aircraft and land based turbine engine components.