Mr Rugh will initially be responsible for the development and execution of programs for wind turbine supply chain, contract manufacturing, turbine erection and commissioning, field operations and special market programs for DeWind.

Mr Rugh brings to DeWind a wealth of wind industry knowledge, including commercial, engineering, supply chain, manufacturing and site operations.

Benton Wilcoxon, CEO of Composite Technology Corporation (CTC), said: We are pleased to welcome Bob Rugh aboard our growing company. His knowledge base and industry relationships should make a valuable contribution to our DeWind business at a time when we have begun assembly of our 60 hertz 2MW D8.2 model Dewind turbine and are preparing to supply these novel turbines to the wind power industry in 2008.