- Selected as a Distinguished Alumnus from Ball State University's Natural Resources and Environmental Management Department on the occasion of their 50th anniversary.
- Named to the prestigious Energy Watch Group
- The "Long Trail" award by the Kern-Kaweah Chapter of the Sierra Club for the 30-year anniversary of the Windmill-Wildflower hike in the Tehachapi Pass
- Received the first Lifetime Achievement Award by the Small Wind Conference in 2013
- Opening presentation for Husum Wind 2012 (the world’s largest and oldest wind energy exhibition) alongside Germany's Minister for the Environment and Schleswig-Holstein's Minister President
- Received the Individual Leadership Award for 2009 by the Canadian Wind Energy Association in recognition of his work on Ontario's groundbreaking Green Energy Act
- Presented the World Wind Energy Award for 2008 by the World Wind Energy Association
- Credited as the architect of Ontario's Standard Offer Contract Program
- Internationally recognized in the field of wind energy for his books, articles, and commentary
- Wind Energy Comes of Age used for course material by Energy Resources Group, University of California at Berkeley
- Awarded the Sierra Club Cup by the Kern-Kaweah Chapter for outstanding service, the chapter's highest honor, in 2005
- Named a Pioneer in Renewable Energy by the World Renewable Energy Congress, one of the group's highest honors, in 1998
- Wind Energy Comes of Age was selected by the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, for its list of outstanding academic books in 1995
- Developed and installed a pioneering network of highway advisory radio stations in California
- Wrote and recorded script that won the 1993 Travelers Information Message Writing Award for "Interpretive Description" from the National Travelers Information Radio Exchange
- Named the wind industry's Man of the Year by the American Wind Energy Association, the group's highest honor, in 1988
- Designed, developed, and implemented a pioneering anemometer loan program in Pennsylvania under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy.
- Invited to the White House in 1979 by President Carter to participate in signing ceremonies for the Surface Mining Act
