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The main problem of a wind turbine generator design project is the design of the rightblades capable of satisfying the specific energy requirement of an electric system withoptimum performance.Once the blade has been designed for optimum operation at a particular rotor angularspeed, it is necessary to determine the overall performance of the rotor under the range ofwind speed that it will encounter.A software tool that simulates low-power, horizontal-axis wind turbines was developedfor this purpose. With this program, the user can calculate the rotor power output for anycombination of wind and rotor speeds, with definite blade shape and airfoil characteristics.The software also provides information about distribution of forces along the blade span,for different operational conditions.