A co-founder of BWC and its chairman & CEO, Karl Bergey is an aeronautical engineer with degrees from Penn State and M.I.T.  He served for many years on the engineering faculty at the University of Oklahoma and is a recognized expert in small aircraft design and aerodynamics.  From 1957 through 1968, he served as Assistant Chief Engineer at the Piper Development Center in Vero Beach, Florida, where he designed such notable aircraft as the Piper Cherokee.  Over 35,000 Piper Cherokees have been sold, making it the best selling family of small planes in the U.S.

From 1968 to 1970 Mr. Bergey was Vice President for Research and Engineering for the General Aviation Division of North American Rockwell. He joined the faculty at the University of Oklahoma in 1970, where he has won several teaching awards and his students have won numerous national design competitions. He retired from the University in 1996. He has authored more than 50 technical papers, served as a consultant to industry and government, and is a registered professional engineer.  He holds ten patents relating to aerospace, wind power, and medical technology.

In addition to his responsibilities with Bergey Windpower, he is also involved in the design of new aircraft as president of Bergey Aerospace, Inc.

AEI Wind Course CD-Rom

This CD-ROM, “Wind Energy and Wind Turbines”, provides a tremendous amount of training material on all aspects of large and small wind power, wind characteristics, instrumentation, design of wind turbines, electrical aspects, system performance, and siting. And, it is a fantastic bargain at $25. Dr. Vaughn Nelson, Ken Starcher, and the AEI staff have been deeply involved with wind energy since the early 1970’s and they are very well respected by the industry.

Wind Maps

In this section we have compiled wind maps from the U.S. Department of Energy (US-DOE) and other sources. We have also included some solar maps for people working with hybrid wind and solar systems. We expect to add more maps over time as we gain permission to post them. If you do not find the resource information you need here, we invite you to e-mail us with a request for assistance. Bergey Windpower has wind resource data that we have not yet posted