Wind Power Story - A Century of Innovation That Reshaped the Global Energy Landscape

Informationen zum Autor BRANDON N. OWENS is an energy economist and author with expertise in clean energy, corporate strategy, digital technologies, and data and analytics. A 25-year energy industry veteran, his research has been published in leading energy industry journals and periodicals. Mr. Owens has provided energy technology advice to governments, research organizations, energy consultancies, and global corporations. He is currently the Director of Global Market Development for GE Power Digital. Prior to joining GE in 2007, Mr. Owens was the Director of Global Power Research at Cambridge Energy Research Associates. Earlier in his career, he served as an analyst for the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Mr. Owens holds an MS degree in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines and a BA degree in Mathematics from the University of Colorado. Klappentext Helps readers understand and appreciate what the history of wind power can teach us about technology innovation and provides the implications for both wind power today and its futureThis book takes readers on a journey through the history of wind power in order to show how the technology evolved over the course of the twentieth century and where it may be headed in the twenty-first century. It introduces and examines broad themes such as government funding of wind power, the role of fossil fuels in wind power development, and the importance of entrepreneurs in wind power development. It also discusses the lessons learned from wind power technology innovation and makes them relevant to the understanding of wind power today and in the future.Spanning the entire history of wind power (1888-2018), The Wind Power Story: A Century of Innovation that Reshaped the Global Energy Landscape provides balanced coverage of each decade as well as the important wind power technology innovations that occurred during that time. Compelling from the first page to the last, it offers chapters covering the pioneers of wind power; the age of small wind; wind power in the wake of war; wind power's use across Europe; government-funded research programs; how Denmark reinvented wind power in the 1970s; the California Wind Rush of the 1980s; wind power's rise in Spain; America's wind power starting in the 1990s; India's wind power path; the wind power surge in China; the globalization of wind power; and much more.In addition, this text:* Spans the entire global history of wind power, while weaving together both the historical context and the technical details of wind power innovation* Provides historical context for wind power developments and explains the evolution of wind turbine technology in an easy-to-understand manner* Discusses the policy, technology, and market evolution of wind power in commonly understood language* Offers a review of the surrounding power technology, policy, and market environment throughout the history of wind powerA book that both specialists and non-specialists can read in order to understand and appreciate the past, present, and future of wind power technology, The Wind Power Story: A Century of Innovation that Reshaped the Global Energy Landscape will be of great interest to any engineer and any interested readers looking to understand wind power technologies, markets, and policies in one book. Zusammenfassung Helps readers understand and appreciate what the history of wind power can teach us about technology innovation and provides the implications for both wind power today and its futureThis book takes readers on a journey through the history of wind power in order to show how the technology evolved over the course of the twentieth century and where it may be headed in the twenty-first century. It introduces and examines broad themes such as government funding of wind power! the role of fossil fuels in wind power development! and the importance of entrepreneurs in wind power development. It also di...

List of contents

Preface xi
 
1 The Wind Power Pioneers 1
 
1.1 Work of the Devil 1
 
1.2 The Danish Edison 7
 
1.3 The War of the Currents 12
 
1.4 The Colorado Connection 14
 
2 The Age of Small Wind 19
 
2.1 Networks of Power 19
 
2.2 An Interesting Twist 22
 
2.3 The Savior of the Windmills 25
 
2.4 From the Arctic to Antarctica 27
 
2.5 Rural Electrification 32
 
3 The Birth of Big Wind 37
 
3.1 The High Altitude Turbogenerator 37
 
3.2 The Soviets Advance 42
 
3.3 Victory 46
 
4 Wind Power's Giant Leap 53
 
4.1 The Winds of Cape Cod 53
 
4.2 Grandpa's Knob 58
 
4.3 A Dream Realized 60
 
4.4 A Lesson in Economics 63
 
5 Wind Power in the Wake of War 67
 
5.1 The Wind Power Aerogenerator 67
 
5.2 The Search for Tomorrow 72
 
5.3 The British Experiments 73
 
5.4 The Wind Power Schism 77
 
6 Wind Power's Invisible Solution 83
 
6.1 The Death of Windmills 83
 
6.2 The Return of Johannes Juul 88
 
6.3 Learning to Stall 91
 
6.4 Gedser Economics 95
 
7 The French Connection 101
 
7.1 The Duke's Invention 101
 
7.2 The Seeker 106
 
7.3 The Neyrpic Wind Turbines 110
 
8 Germany's Timeless Beauty 115
 
8.1 Wind Power in Wartime 115
 
8.2 Lighting Neuwerk Island 117
 
8.3 The Aesthete 119
 
8.4 The Blade Breakthrough 122
 
9 Wind Power's Silent Decade 129
 
9.1 The Pope's Speech 129
 
9.2 Silent Spring 134
 
9.3 The Gathering Storm 138
 
10 America's Next Moonshot 143
 
10.1 The Energy Crisis 143
 
10.2 Back to Ohio 148
 
10.3 The Turning Point 152
 
11 Denmark Reinvents Wind Power 159
 
11.1 Feared to Freeze 159
 
11.2 More Than a Carpenter 162
 
11.3 Let 100 Windmills Bloom 166
 
11.4 From Blacksmiths to Businessmen 168
 
12 The Wind King 175
 
12.1 Heronemus's Dream 175
 
12.2 California's Soft Energy Path 180
 
12.3 This Is the Place! 185
 
13 The California Wind Rush 191
 
13.1 The Deluge 191
 
13.2 The Danish Invasion 194
 
13.3 Brand New Day 199
 
14 Germany's Giant 207
 
14.1 Ulrich Hutter Returns 207
 
14.2 Bottoms Up 215
 
14.3 Our Common Future 218
 
15 Spain's Wind Power Miracle 223
 
15.1 A Hot Day in Madrid 223
 
15.2 Wind Policy Push 228
 
15.3 Denmark's Design 229
 
16 Europe Sails Ahead 237
 
16.1 Wind Power Reincarnated 237
 
16.2 The Wind Power Wizard 242
 
16.3 The Wind Virus 246
 
17 Reigniting American Wind Power 253
 
17.1 Picking up the Pieces 253
 
17.2 Iowa Innovates 257
 
17.3 The Selfish Invention 262
 
18 India's Wind Power Path 269
 
18.1 Coping with the Crisis 269
 
18.2 A Star Is Born 274
 
18.3 Gamesa Gets It 278
 
18.4 The Path Forward 279
 
19 China's Wind Power Surge 285
 
19.1 The Birth of Goldwind 285
 
19.2 The Rise of Sinovel 289
 
19.3 The Year of Adjustment 293
 
19.4 Sinovel's Stall 297
 
19.5 Recalibration 300
 
20 The Globalization of Wind Power 307
 
20.1 Into the Fire 307
 
20.2 The Final Frontier 311
 
20.3 A Stable Sunset 314
 
20.4 Around the World 317
 
20.5 The Tipping Point 318
 
20.6 Back to the Future 321
 
Index 329

Product details

• Authors: B Owens, Brandon Owens, Brandon N Owens, Brandon N. Owens
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781118794180
• ISBN: 978-1-118-79418-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; Energietechnik, Windenergie, Elektrotechnik, Energie, Erneuerbare Energien, ENERGY, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik, Geschichte der Elektrotechnik, History of Electrical Engineering