000			01843 a2200181 4500
020			_a9781118794180
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a621.312136 _bOw2w
100			_aOwens, Brandon N.
245			_aThe wind power story _ba century of innovation that reshaped the global energy landscape _cBrandon N. Owens
260			_bWiley _c2019 _aNew Jersey
300			_axii, 347p
520			_aThis 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.
650			_aWind power
650			_aWind power -- Government policy
942			_cBK
999			_c561094 _d561094