AWS is one of five companies to receive a grant under the US Department of Energys Small Wind Turbine Field Verification Program. As part of the NY/NJ Distributed Wind Power Field Verification Project, AWS installed four 10 kW Bergey Excel S wind turbines. Host sites for the program include Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ which hosts over 2 million visitors each year, Southampton College Campus of Long Island University, the Town of Brookhaven Town Hall in Farmingville, NY, and a farm located in Webster, NY. AWS responsibilities included system design, specification, procurement, permitting, construction, operation and maintenance (O&M), performance monitoring, and training host personnel in the conduct of operation, maintenance and monitoring activities after the conclusion of the three-year program.