A year ago, John Ward was in Baghdad, finishing up 24 years of service in the Navy. These days, he manages operations at a wind farm in Missouri for Iberdrola, a Spanish wind-power company.
“For me, it was nice, because it’s not just a desk job, it’s a field job — and as a career naval officer, I kind of like to be out and about,” Mr. Ward said.
His engineering skills, honed in the Navy, also come in handy at a wind farm, he noted.
Rising numbers of veterans are entering the renewable energy business. At the top, there is former Gen. Wesley Clark, who co-chairs an ethanol lobby group called Growth Energy and also recently joined the board of a wind company, Juhl Wind.
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