MARIAH POWER’S WINDSPIRE SELECTED FOR NREL TESTING
Mariah Power, a new wind turbine manufacturer, announced that its Windspire™ wind 
power appliance for residential, commercial and government use has been selected by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to participate in independent testing on small wind turbine systems at the NREL National Wind Technology Center in Golden, Colorado. A primary testing objective is to reduce barriers to the expansion of wind energy, an important goal for the Department of Energy’s Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program. The initiative is targeting commercially available turbine systems that have a high probability of success in the U.S. market over the next several years. NREL will evaluate the turbine systems based on testing protocols 
defined by IEC standards and, where applicable, by the latest version of the draft American Wind Energy Association standard for small wind turbines. The testing will evaluate duration, power performance, acoustic noise emissions, safety and function and power quality. Results will be posted on the NREL web site upon project completion in 2009.
“We are extremely pleased that Windspire has been selected to participate in this rigorous government testing program because it underscores Mariah Power’s mission to leverage 
independent test data to bring more credibility to this emerging industry” said Mike Hess, CEO of Mariah Power and a member of Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NCET)’s Board of Advisors. “It also provides our customers with another layer of data that supports Windspire’s performance and reliability attributes. Windspire represents 
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