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Medium-size and Large Wind Turbines
- Car Concerns Ontario (CCO) Calls for Moratorium on Car Sales--(Warning: Satire) Car Concerns Ontario (CCO) today called for a moratorium on sale of new cars, citing their danger to the health of citizens. . .
- "Offshore wind is a chimera and a dangerous one at that"--says Paul Gipe an exclusive interview with Renewable Energy Magazine . . .
- The Age: Wide support found for wind farms--THERE is much stronger public support for wind farms than media coverage of the issue would suggest, because a ''vocal minority'' who oppose wind farms secure the majority of media and political attention, according to CSIRO research. . .
- Toronto Star: Ontario anti-wind-power group accused of breaking election financing rules--A prominent anti-wind-power group is under fire amid accusations it broke election financing by running a negative advertising campaign against Liberal candidates last fall. . .
- Technical Comparators: Swept Area preferred over Rated Power by Geoff Henderson, Windflow--For economic comparisons, swept area is a more significant driver of turbine weight and cost than rated power. . .
- Nuclear Expensive and Uninsurable Say Studies--New Nuclear Costs as Much as German Solar Today--Nuclear Insurance Costs More than Electricity Says German Report . . .
- Financing European energy infrastructure by Jérôme Guillet--Another insightful article by a financier who raises debt for large offshore wind projects. . . "There are no "neutral" policy choices, and energy will always be political - and it's time what the implicit political choices of current policies be acknowledged. . .
- After Fukushima: a new dash for gas? Really? by Jérôme Guillet--The final outcome and cost of the nuclear accident at Fukushima are yet to be determined but the obituary of the nuclear industry has already been written, and one competing source of power has already been declared the absolute winner by the Serious People: natural gas. . .
- John Farrell: Distributed Wind Energy in Germany--Of Germany's 27,000 megawatts of wind power projects (3rd most in the world and most per capita), nearly 90% are smaller than 20 megawatts, with most between 1 and 5 megawatts. . .
- Jérôme Guillet: ExxonMobil says wind is cheapest form of electricity generation--So the conclusion can be that wind costs roughly the same as traditional power sources - with none of their drawbacks, whether troublesome exporters to deal with, dangerous mining practices for local communities or unhealthy, and durable, by-products. And it's ExxonMobil saying so. . .
- T. Boone Pickens Investing in Ontario Wind Projects with Feed-in Tariffs--265 MW of wind projects backed by legendary oil man T. Boone Pickens "one step closer to receiving 20-year power purchase agreements" under Ontario's innovative Feed-in Tariff Program. . .
- The Times: Spain’s wind turbines supply half of the national power grid--November 10, 2009 Spain was celebrating its commitment to renewable energy yesterday after wind turbines dotted across the country produced more than half of all its electricity for the first time. . .
- Gipe Receives Canadian Wind Award for Feed-in Tariff Campaign--Long-time renewable energy advocate Paul Gipe was selected by the Canadian Wind Energy Association for its Individual Leadership Award at its 2009 conference in Toronto September 22. . .
- Coal Plants Closing, People Owning Their Own Power, Feed-in Tariffs and More a podcast interview with Paul Gipe, author of Wind Energy Basics
- Avian mortality from wind power, fossil-fuel, and nuclear electricity by Benjamin K. Sovacool--This article explores the threats that wind farms pose to birds and bats before briefly surveying the recent literature on avian mortality and summarizing some of the problems with it. . .
- Wind Power in Context an Energy Watch Report by Dr. Rudolf Rechsteiner, member of the Swiss Parliament's Energy Committee
- What Happens If Wind Energy Gets Successful in the U.S.A.? by Dave Bradley, Buffalo, New York Wind Energy Engineering Committee
- A Challenge Worthy of Great Nations: Moving from a Nation of Consumers to a Nation of Producers (ASPO US Sacramento)
- Gore Calls for 100% Renewable Electricity Supply in the US within 10 years
- Post Carbon Institute’s Plan to reach Al Gore’s ambitious goal of 100% Renewable Electricity in ten years (calling for feed-in tariffs)
- Gore sets goal of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2020: Can Wind Meet It? by Jérôme Guillet
- Gipe Receives 2008 World Wind Energy Award
- Fantasy Wind Turbines (Read this first.)
- One Million Megawatts of Wind Capacity for the USA: A Target Worthy of a Great Nation
- Gipe Urges Change in AWEA
(Because of the relevance of this topic, I've moved this decade-old post up the list.)
- Why wind needs feed-in tariffs by Jérôme Guillet
- Great Lakes Offshore Wind: Greenpeace interview with Paul Gipe (mp4)
- Cleveland's Urban Wind Turbine--Cleveland's Great Lakes Science Center installed a 225 kW Vestas V27 wind turbine in 2006 on the city's harbor front between the Cleveland Brown's football stadium and the science museum. . .
- Solar Without Limits: Breaking Free from Net Metering
- Worldwide Wind Energy Development 2007
- American Energy Independence through Cooperative Investment in Wind Energy by Mike Kendall
- Generator Ratings & Capacity Factors: Why You Should Avoid Them--Newcomers to wind energy and even some old-timers who should know better often equate the size of a wind turbine to it's generator rating. A Vestas V80 for example is rated at 1.8 MW; a V82 is rated at 1.65 MW. While this is may be a useful shorthand among those unfamiliar with wind energy, the use of generator size leads to a host of problems when evaluating the technology. . .
- Landowner's Guide to Wind Energy
- Landowner's Guide to Wind Energy in Alberta by the Pembina Institute 2010
- Wind Power (2004) Available Soon in French
- IEC Wind Turbine Classes
- Smart Generation: Powering Ontario With Renewable Energy by the David Suzuki Foundation
- Sobering Altamont Bird Report Issued
- Wind Energy Contracts, Land Leases, & Royalties for Landowners
- The Cost of the Iraq War and the Lost Opportunities for Development of Renewable Energy (Updated to January 18, 2007)
- European Wind Experience to 2001
- Return of Two Blades? A new look at an old idea
- Roof-Top Mounting of Wind Turbines
- More Wind than First Thought?
USA report stirs minor tempest
- Why I Oppose the Production Tax Credit
- Chicago Offshore Wind Negates Crackpot Invention
- Comments on the Vortec Diffuser Augmented Turbine
- Windpower 98 Tehachapi Tour
- Self-Guided Tour to the Wind Farms
of the Tehachapi Pass
- Midwest Wind Farm Trip
Report and Observations
- Landowner's Guide to Wind Energy In the Upper Midwest
- The Great Wind Rush of 99
- California or Bust:
the Wind Energy Rush of 99?
- Remarks by Paul Gipe at the Dedication of EDON's Wind Plant at Eemshaven
- AWT 26 Generates Noise Complaint
- Let's Put Wind Energy on the
California Map
- Kenetech Windpower (U.S. Windpower)
citations in Wind Energy Comes of Age
- Repowering California
Wind Power Plants
Wind Statistics
While it isn't humanly possible to keep up with all the myths, misperceptions, and outright lies about renewable energy and especially wind energy by those wed to fossil fuels, here are a few links that shed light on the facts. Note that some of the data countering common myths and explanations of how wind and solar technology work can be found in my books and elsewhere on this web site.--Paul Gipe
- Blowing Smoke: Correcting Anti-Wind Myths in Ontario by Environmental Defence--"There is a tremendous amount of fear-mongering going on right now about wind power in Ontario," said Adam Scott, Green Energy Program Manager, Environmental Defence. "This report aims to introduce some real facts into the debate so that communities can make well informed decisions about wind projects.". .
- Centre for Sustainable Energy: Common concerns about wind power--A research paper commissioned by CSE drawing on peer-reviewed articles and government-funded analysis to address some of the concerns that are expressed in relation to wind power. . .
- Anti-Wind NIMBYs Are Small Minority--The media frenzy over unhappy wind-turbine neighbours is downright irresponsible mainly because multiple studies show that wind turbine critics fall squarely in the minority. . .
- Giant Germany Utility Swears Off New Coal--RWE, one of Germany's biggest utilities, has announced it will not build any more new coal plants. . .
- Comment on the nature of the NIMBYist position in Ontario by Don Chisolm, (Prince Edward) County Sustainability Group
- Warming Up Wind Chill: Taking on the Fallacious “Report” by the Centre for Policy Studies--Normally, I ignore reports such as Wind Chill by Tony Lodge at the Centre for Policy Studies. Wind Chill is not a study, nor a technical paper. It is, simply, a political screed. . .
- "Reliable" Nuclear Unreliable Afterall Even in France--Anti-wind activists often claim that nuclear is more reliable than wind energy and, therefore, we should just use nuclear and forget wind energy, solar energy, and renewables in general. . .
- Anti-wind now not just for NIMBY’s--Opposition to wind power used to be the province of NIMBY’s who quailed at the supposed intrusion into their viewsheds and soundsheds. No more. Wind power is big — its share of U.S. electricity reached 1.3% last year — and getting bigger fast enough to alarm the Far Right and other feeders at the trough of coal and nuclear. . .
- Wind Power's Displacement of Fossil Fuels by Charles Komanoff--[W]hen wind turbines are operated as parts of an interconnected grid for which the dominant share of energy is provided by generators burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas), wind power generation displaces fossil fuel use at a nearly 1-for-1 rate. . .
- Germany Reduces Carbon Dioxide with Renewables
- Ontarians Pay More for Electricity Per Month Than Germans--It seems counterintuitive. German residential consumers pay less for electricity per month than those in Ontario. . .
- Dutch Wind Growth: Despite rumors to the contrary, the Dutch continue to install wind turbines
- More on "renewable" energy another insightful analysis by Craig Morris of the American Spectator's "critique" of renewable energy . . .
- Wind power by Jérôme Guillet--a series of articles on the status of wind power by a European banker. Clear, concise, factual, Guillet debunks some myths about wind energy.
- French Wind Growth Continuing--Despite rumors to the contrary by anti-wind Anglophones, French wind energy development is continuing. In fact growth is accelerating according to data published by France Énergie Éolienne, the French Wind Energy Association. . .
- Myths about Renewable Energy and Ontario's Green Energy Act
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- Researchers correct the false allegations on Danish wind energy: February, 2010 Press release summarizing the findings of an authoritative examination of claims by a conservative Danish "think tank" . . .
- Danish Wind Power Export and Cost by a Who's Who of Danish Windpower experts--an authoritative rebuttal to the wild claims of CEPOS, a so-called Danish think tank. . .
- Copenhagen Post: Oil industry behind critical wind energy report--A controversial report critical of the wind energy industry from conservative think tank CEPOS was commissioned and paid for by an American think tank with close ties to the coal and oil industries, according to trade journal Ingeniøren. . .
- Wind Turbines in Denmark by the Danish Energy Agency (2009)--A typically well done official Danish review of how many wind turbines exist in Denmark, how well they work, how they are integrated into the landscape and the grid, and how the community benefits. . .
- The Danish Wind Experience: Truth and Fiction by Samir Succar, NRDC--Rebuttal of the Centre for Policy Studies' (CEPOS) so-called report on wind energy in Denmark. . .
- Danish Renewable Energy Policy A Review--Danish Renewable Energy Policy by Preben Maegaard recounts the historic development of Danish policy from the perspective of one its participants. . . The report contains useful data on the development of renewable energy and its role in Danish electricity supply. . .
- Good Wind in Denmark: Rebuttal to Wild Claims That Denmark Has Abandoned Wind Energy--The Danes have an expression, as do most European cultures, to wish one good fortune on parting. The expression comes from the days of sail: God Vind or Good Wind! The wind is good in Denmark, and it is still blowing strong despite myths to the contrary. . .
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Low Frequency Noise and Infrasound Associated with Wind Turbine Generator Systems A Literature Review by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment . . .
- Noise & Health: Erickson decision of Ontario's Environmental Review Tribunal--The Tribunal finds that there is insufficient evidence to establish that noise predicted to be produced at the Kent Breeze Project will cause indirect harm to such a serious degree that will cause serious harm to human health. . .
- Toronto Star: Doctors and nurses back wind and solar power--Ontario’s family physicians and nurses are launching an advertising campaign to defend wind and solar power. . .
- Australian Release of NHMRC Public Statement on Wind Turbines and Health--The Public Statement presents the current evidence relating potential health impacts of wind turbines on people living in close proximity. The Statement concludes that there is currently no published scientific evidence to positively link wind turbines with adverse health effects. . .
- The Impact of Wind Power Projects on Residential Property Values in the United States by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- New Report From Ontario's Chief Medical Officer Of Health Says There Is No Direct Causal Link Between Wind Turbines And Adverse Health Effects--The scientific evidence does not demonstrate any direct causal link between wind turbine noise and adverse health effects according to a new report from Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health. . .
- Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health on Wind Turbines--. . . The review concluded that there is no evidence of noise-induced health effects at levels emitted by wind turbines . . .
- Attack on industrial wind puffed with false peer review claims--Self-published book gained media attention through deception says Grist author Gar Lipow. . .
- BWEA Fact Sheet: Wind turbines and alleged health symptoms--Wind Turbine Syndrome (“WTS”) is an alleged condition proposed by pediatrician Dr Nina Pierpoint. . .
- Are wind farms a health risk? by Britain's National Health Service--No firm conclusions can be drawn from this study as the design was weak and included only 38 people. . .
- Why so much noise about wind?: Life is full of choices, four doctors argue, and wind turbines are more healthy than the alternatives. . .
- For and against wind power: Utility-scale wind energy, critics insist, is neither as green as supporters say, nor as economical by Tyler Hamilton, Toronto Star
- Noise protesters howling about windfarms: Group calls giant turbines a threat to health, but early studies suggest fears are overblown by Tyler Hamilton, Toronto Star
- The Health Impact of Wind Turbines: A Review of the Current White, Grey, and Published Literature by Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit (Ontario, Canada)--opposition to wind farms on the basis of potential adverse health consequences is not justified by the evidence. . .
- Further Clarification of Health Effects from Wind Turbines by Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit (Ontario, Canada)--The author is W. David Colby, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Acting Medical Officer of Health, Chatham-Kent Health Unit, who has been attacked personally and professionally in "the language of people with a higher
regard for their own convictions than for the facts."
- 'Annoyance' factor exists, Chatham Daily News--Dr. David Colby doesn't doubt that some people are bothered by the noise generated by a wind turbine, but the acting medical officer of health for Chatham-Kent says there's no direct link between wind turbine noise and health problems. . .
- New report eases concerns over wind turbine noise--Based on these findings, [the British] Government does not consider there to be a compelling case for further work into AM [Aerodynamic Modulation] and will not carry out any further research at this time; however it will continue to keep the issue under review. . .
- The Measurement of Low Frequency Noise at Three UK Wind Farms--The Measurement of Low Frequency Noise at Three UK Wind Farms--Of the 126 wind farms operating in the UK, five have been reported low frequency noise problems. Therefore, such complaints are the exception rather than a general problem which exists for all wind farms. . .
- Myth: Turbines are a health hazard by Britain's Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform--In 25 years of wind generation, with 68,000 turbines now worldwide, there are no significant reports of health issues. This includes Denmark, whose turbine density is 30 times that of the UK. . .
- Setbacks in California--There is no one setback from residences for large wind turbines in California. Setbacks are regulated by individual counties. In 2006, the University of California at Davis did a survey of setback requirements in California. Note that the setbacks range from ~100 m to 300 m. . .
- Public Safety and Setbacks: Excerpted from Wind Energy Comes of Age by Paul Gipe, John Wiley & Sons, Inc New York (1995), pages 361-364, ISBN 0-471-10924-X. This except is provided as public service.
- Renewable Energy in the 21st Century: Why renewable energy is the best alternative by the Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance
- Six ways of providing baseload power from wind by the Canadian Renewable Energy Alliance
- Wind Energy The Facts by the European Wind Energy Association (with a very good summary of wind penetration in Europe)
- Wind Power: 10 Myths Explained by Britain's Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
- Letter from Las Vegas about Mars by Craig Morris on Noise and Wild Claims
- An Attack of the Bellamoids: James Lovelock says the government’s enthusiasm for wind farms approaches fascism.--By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian, 31st March 2009
- Audubon's Position on Wind Power--Audubon strongly supports properly-sited wind power as a clean alternative energy source that reduces the threat of global warming. . .
- Windy Myths Debunked by the Canadian Wind Energy Association
- Charles Komanoff Debunking "anti" Wind Arguments
- Debunking the Myths about Windpower by WWF and Greenpeace
- The bizarre dance of wind power: Local opponents and right-wing think tanks by Erik Curren
- The fierce urgency of now: Yes, windmills and dams deface the landscape but the climate crisis demands immediate action by Bill McKibben
- Pro Wind Alliance--A voice of reason in the British Isles not connected to any trade association.
- Wind Action Group--A forum for sharing information about Wind Energy and its ramifications, environmental, social and economic, for the Western New York region.
- Why I hate Wind Farms and Think There Should be More of Them by Peter Harper
- The Wind in My Sails by Peter Harper
- Peter Harper's Response to Rob Collister's cri de coeur Regarding Wind Farms
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- The Dangerous Power of WindRobert Freehling: The Dangerous Power of Wind--A November 5, 2011 article in the New York Times emphasizes the “danger” of excess wind generation in Bonneville Power Authority’s service territory. A perfect storm last year poured heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest and nearly overloaded Bonneville’s electric system with simultaneously huge amounts of wind power and hydropower, at the same time that customer demand for electricity was low. Since electric grids need continuously to balance supply and demand for power, or risk blackouts, this was problem. The stormy backdrop, with wind companies putting up more and more wind turbines in their relentless efforts to topple Bonneville’s grid, provides some extra drama. . .
- Fukushima Nuclear Year-to-Year Reliability and German Wind--Critics of wind energy often charge that wind energy is too "unreliable" to generate a large portion of a nation's electricity and suggest that base load needs "reliable" sources of generation such as nuclear power. . . While wind is a "variable" resource, that is, the wind doesn't always blow and when it does it doesn't always blow at the same strength, wind is far more reliable than the critics charge. In fact, wind is fairly predictable on long time horizons, especially from one year to the next. . .
- Merit Order Effect: Impact of Wind Generation on Wholesale Electricity Costs in 2011 in Ireland--"The analysis showed that wind generation lowers wholesale prices by over €70 million, which almost exactly offsets the costs of the Public Service Obligation (PSO) levy and other costs associated with the generation of wind energy. The study clearly demonstrates that wind energy is not contributing to higher wholesale electricity prices on the Irish electricity system. . ."
- Wind Power [Grid Integration] Myths Debunked by IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, November/December 2009--Several misunderstandings and myths have arisen due to the characteristics
of wind generation, particularly because wind-energy generation only occurs
when the wind is blowing. . .
- Grid Integration of Wind Energy--Grid integration of renewable energy, especially wind energy, is a controversial topic-and has been for nearly three decades. Frankly, I think the subject has been beaten to death and for my part the questions answered many times over. . .
- Wind Power's Displacement of Fossil Fuels by Charles Komanoff--[W]hen wind turbines are operated as parts of an interconnected grid for which the dominant share of energy is provided by generators burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas), wind power generation displaces fossil fuel use at a nearly 1-for-1 rate. . .
- The cost of wind, the price of wind, the value of wind by Jérôme Guillet--An excellent primer on the value and integration of wind into utility systems. . .
- More on the Merit Order Effect by Jérôme Guillet
- A Review of Large-scale Wind Integration in the United States by Ryan Wiser, LBL
- The Merit Order Effect: A detailed analysis of the price effect of renewable electricity generation on spot market prices in Gemany by the Fraunhofer Institute (2007)
- Arne Kildegaard on the Merit Order Effect (Univ. of MN)
- Analysis of the Price Effect of Renewable Electricity Generation on Spot Market Prices in Germany by Frank Sensuss, Massimo Genose, Mario Ragwitz (on the Merit Order Effect)
- Wind Penetration Update Denmark 2007
- Midwest Wind Integration Study
- Wind Penetration Update 2006
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- Windgesichter (The Face of Wind Energy) a Review by Paul Gipe--The book by Jan Oelker is a joy to behold. It's one of those rare cases where you can indeed tell a book by its cover. . .
- The Nature of Wind Power A Review by Paul Gipe--I've written about and extolled the beauty of previous books by Nielsen and this book is no exception. It is the long-awaited definitive coffee-table book on the beauty of wind turbines in various landscapes around the world, but mostly in Nielsen's native Denmark. . .
- L'Energie du Vent A Review by Paul Gipe--L'énergie du vent : Les éoliennes au service des hommes et de leur planète Is a beautiful coffee-table book with page after page of photos sandwiched between essays on how wind turbines work and how they can fit into the landscape. . .
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- L'Eolien A Review by Paul Gipe--L'éolien au cœur de l'incontournable révolution énergétique is a serious work on wind energy for francophone readers. It is my kind of book, chocked full of drawings, charts, tables, and historical photographs and not a few equations to keep the most ardent engineer happy. . .
- Renewable Energy Resources by John Twidell & Tony Weir--Massive. That's the first word that comes to mind when picking up the 600-page tome by John Twidell and Tony Weir. Of course the broad subject of renewable energy deserves the treatment and I can't think of any better academic team to take on the task. . .
- Wind Power in Power Systems by Thomas Ackermann--is edited by the very capable Thomas Ackermann. It is a massive 691 pages on the status of modern wind turbines and how they are integrated into power systems. . .
- Wind Power Plants by R. Gasch, and J. Twele--The book, edited by Robert Gasch, began as course notes for Gasch's popular course on wind turbine design for engineering students at the Technische Universität in Berlin. Many of the book's 15 authors are either graduates of or were members of TU-Berlin's Aerospace Institute. Though professor Gasch has retired, many of the other authors work today in the German wind industry. . .
- Wind Energy Explained: Theory, Design and Application--It's been many years since the publication of new engineering texts on wind energy. But in 2001 a flood of new books in English began flowing from publishers: two substantial volumes by John Wiley & Sons' UK bureau alone, two English translations of German works, two English language works by Dutch authors, and a recent work by a Canadian on his country's Darrieus program. . .
- Wind Energy Handbook by T. Burton, D. Sharpe, N. Jenkins, and E. Bossanyi--The Wind Energy Handbook is one of a trio of big wind energy books by John Wiley & Sons'UK office. . .
- Wind Turbine Design with an Emphasis on the Darrieus Concept
- Cost-effective Design & Operation of Variable Speed Wind Turbines
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- L'Energie du Vent A Review by Paul Gipe--L'énergie du vent : Les éoliennes au service des hommes et de leur planète Is a beautiful coffee-table book with page after page of photos sandwiched between essays on how wind turbines work and how they can fit into the landscape. . .
- L'Eolien A Review by Paul Gipe--L'éolien au cœur de l'incontournable révolution énergétique is a serious work on wind energy for francophone readers. It is my kind of book, chocked full of drawings, charts, tables, and historical photographs and not a few equations to keep the most ardent engineer happy. . .
- Éoliennes par Philippe Olliver--a Review--Éoliennes is not a technical book, nor a how-to book. Eoliennes is about the politics of wind energy, especially the forces opposed to its use. For any student of French politics, renewable energy, and the fault lines in French society between nuclear and renewable advocates, Eoliennes makes an interesting addition to your library. . .
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- Wind Power The Danish Way A Review by Paul Gipe--Wind Power The Danish Way is a book written by a who's who of Danish wind power. It's a celebratory book and Danes have a lot to celebrate--a lot to be proud of. . .
- Urban Wind Energy A Review by Paul Gipe--I feared the worst when I saw the title. As an outspoken critic of so-called "Urban" wind and especially the British variety, I thought the book would be destined for the dust bin after the first page. But I was wrong--and not the first time. The adage should be not to judge a book by its title. In this case there was enough in the book about what I call real urban wind to keep me reading. . .
- Energy Switch: Proven Solutions for a Renewable Future--Finally someone who can explain Germany's phenomenal success with renewable energy to North American readers. . .
- WWEA's Wind Energy International 2009/2010-A Review
- Feed-in Tariffs by Miguel Mendonca--a Review--Miguel Mendonca's Feed-in Tariffs takes his place alongside Craig Morris' Energy Switch in explaining the success of Feed-In Tariffs to English speakers. . .
- Citizen Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis
- Switching to Renewable Power by Volkmar Lauber
- Wind Energy: Technology and Planning CD-ROM by the WWEA
- Vingesus--Whisper of Wings a Review--Ok, we liked this book because it has lots of pictures: pictures of wind turbines, pictures of people, pictures of a Danish table cloth, all sorts of pictures. We admit it. We also liked it because it's bilingual. You can practice your rusty Danish. And what English speaker doesn't have a smattering of Danish tucked away in those little gray cells? . .
- Developing Wind Power Projects: Theory and Practice by Tore Wizelius
- Winds of Change: A comparative study of the politics of wind energy innovation in California and Denmark--Winds of Change by Rinie van Est is a masterly work of meticulous research that could well become a classic in its field. It should be required reading for all energy planners, and energy industry leaders alike. . .
- Reaping the Wind: How Mechanical Wizards, Visionaries, and Profiteers Helped Shape Our Energy Future by Peter Asmus--California-bashers will enjoy the eccentrics that made the pioneering days so colorful. A novelist would be hard pressed to create the cast of characters that Asmus assembles. His tale is replete with Zen Buddhists, Jungian dreamers, and a host of crooks, charlatans, and hucksters that swarmed to California's lucrative subsidies, like bees to honey. . .
- Wind Energy in America: A History
by Robert Righter-"The free benefit of the wind ought not be denied to any man." . .
- Land of the Living: A book on Denmark and the Danes:--For anyone who has worked with Danes or wondered how such a small country could have such a big impact on the world of renewable energy, Borish's book offers some intriguing insights. . .
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