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" Wind power for the world : "
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Wind power for the world : : the rise of modern wind energy.
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Boca raton : Crc Press, 2013
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Pan Stanford series on renewable energy, Volume 2
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500 pages.
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9789814364935
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: 9814364932
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Machine generated contents note: 1. The Wind Power Story / Ross Jackson --; 1.1. Ecological Overload --; 1.2. Climate Change --; 1.3. Peak Oil --; 1.4. Energy Alternatives --; 1.5. The Energy Trap --; 1.6. Conclusion --; 2. Forty Years of Wind Energy Development / Jos Beurskens --; 2.1. The Emergence of the Wind Energy Industry --; 2.2. National Programs --; 2.3. European Wind Turbine Development --; 2.4. Research and Development --; 2.5. International Networks --; 2.6. Concluding Remarks --; 3. History of Danish Wind Power / Benny Christensen --; 3.1. Industrial Windmill Production: 1876-1900 --; 3.2. The Pioneer Work of Poul la Cour: 1891-1902 --; 3.3. Wind Electricity for Rural Areas: 1903-1919 --; 3.4. The First "Golden Age" of Danish Wind Power: 1900-1920 --; 3.5. Denmark on a Different Path of Windmill Production --; 3.6. New Technology and Survival Strategies in the 1920s --; 3.7. Technological Development during the Second World War --; 3.8. From DC to AC: Juul's First Experiments after the War. Contents note continued: 3.9. Post-War Development Blocked by Cheap Oil and Coal --; 3.10. Re-Invention of Wind Power: 1975-1976 --; 3.11. The NASA Connection: 1974-1978 --; 3.12. The Tvind Wind Turbine: 1975-1978 --; 3.13. Blades for a New Wind Turbine Generation --; 3.14. The Birth of the "Danish Concept": 1978-1979 --; 3.15. Establishing the New Industry: 1979-1981 --; 3.16. Danish Export to California: 1982-1986 --; 3.17. Public Support, Political Scepticism and Local Participation --; 3.18. New Ambitious Targets for Wind Energy: 1990-1996 --; 3.19. Wind Power Goes Offshore --; 3.20. Political Changes, and Changes of Mind: 2001-2011 --; 3.21. Denmark Is Still Ahead: 2012 --; 4. The Aerodynamic Research on Windmill Sails of Poul la Cour, 1896-1900 / Povl-Otto Nissen --; 4.1. Introduction --; 4.2. The First Danish Electricity-Producing Windmill --; 4.3. How to Store Wind Energy --; 4.4. An Aerodynamic Surprise --; 4.5. Further Aerodynamic Research --; 4.6. The "Ideal" Windmill --; 4.7. Conclusions. Contents note continued: 5.Networks of Wind Energy Enthusiasts and the Development of the "Danish Concept" / Katherine Dykes --; 5.1. Introduction --; 5.2. Historical Wind Technology Development --; 5.3. Wind Actor-Networks in Denmark --; 5.3.1. The Founding of NIVE and Its Early Activities --; 5.3.2. Anti-Nuclear Movement, OVE and the Tvind Turbine --; 5.3.3. From Tvind, NIVE and Others to the Development of the "Danish Concept" --; 5.3.4. Growing the Danish Wind Networks and Industry --; 5.3.5. The Influence of Uncertainty on the "Danish Concept" --; 5.3.6. The Risø Test Station: A "Mega-Network" for Danish Wind Energy --; 5.4. Conclusions --; 6. Danish Pioneering of Modern Wind Power / Niels I. Meyer --; 6.1. It Began Already in the 1890s --; 6.2. Global Oil Crisis --; 6.3. Nuclear Controversy in Denmark --; 6.4. Test Station for Wind Turbines --; 6.5. Official Danish Committees for Promotion of Renewable Energy --; 6.6. The Golden Nineties for Danish Wind Power --; 6.7. Conclusions. Contents note continued: 7. From Energy Crisis to Industrial Adventure: A Chronicle / Preben Maegaard --; 7.1. Politicians' Relations with Wind Power --; 7.2. Big Business --; 7.3. Responsible Solutions --; 7.4. Prophets and Demagogues --; 7.5. Getting Together --; 7.6. The Pioneers' Pop-Up --; 7.7. The Swedish Connection --; 7.8. Juul's Heritage --; 7.8.1. Juul's Record Stood for Almost 30 Years --; 7.8.2. Windmill Pioneer Christian Riisager --; 7.9. The National Wind Power versus Tvind's Bottom-Up Program --; 7.9.1. Money Alone Makes No Difference --; 7.9.2. Giants and Their Strategies --; 7.10. From NIVE to Master Blacksmiths: The Follow-Up on La Cour's Tradition --; 7.10.1. Lessons Learned --; 7.10.2. Knowledge for All --; 7.10.3. Local Manufacturers --; 7.10.4. The Blacksmiths' Heritage --; 7.11. The Blades Are the Core of It All --; 7.11.1. No Blades, No Windmills --; 7.11.2. The "Winning" Blade Concept --; 7.12. The Windmill Industry Goes International --; 7.12.1. LM: The Blade Giant. Contents note continued: 10.5. When I Grow Old --; 11. Vind-Syssel 1985-1990 / Flemming Østergaard --; 11.1. Vind-Syssel --; 11.2. Background --; 11.3. Founding Vind-Syssel --; 11.4. The Beginning --; 11.5. The Iron Curtain --; 11.6. The Vind-Syssel WTG --; 11.7. Vind-Syssel's First Manufacturing Facilities in Jerslev --; 11.8. The United States --; 11.9."Middelgrunden Wind Farm", Copenhagen --; 11.10. Vind-Syssel Finally Closed in 1990 --; 12. The Story of Dencon / Bent Gregersen --; 12.1. Powerful Island --; 12.2. Denmark's First Wind Farm --; 12.3. Innovative Concepts --; 12.4. Going Up and Down --; 13. Water Brake Windmills / Jørgen Krogsgaard --; 13.1. Background --; 13.1.1. Liquid Brakes --; 13.1.2. Water Brakes and Windmills --; 13.2. Developing Water Brake Windmills --; 13.2.1. Institute of Agricultural Engineering --; 13.2.2. Gunnar Broe and Værløse Group --; 13.2.3. Windmill Group ECO-RA --; 13.2.4. The Calorius Windmill --; 13.2.5. The Svaneborg Windmill --; 13.2.6. LO-FA Heat-Producing Windmill --; 13.2.7. Helgason. Contents note continued: 13.2.8. Gerlev --; 13.3. Conclusion --; 14. Cooperative Energy Movement in Copenhagen / Jens Larsen --; 14.1. No More Space on Land --; 14.2. Middelgrunden Offshore Wind Farm --; 14.3. Cooperative Movement---Important Player in the Future --; 15. The Danish Small Wind Power / Jane Kruse --; 15.1. Overview --; 15.2. The Market Potential --; 15.3. The Transition to Decentralised Power in Denmark --; 15.3.1. Danish Legal Framework of Household Renewable Energy Supply --; 15.3.2. Danish Institutional Framework for Small Wind Power --; 15.4. Small Wind Turbines at the Folkecenter --; 15.4.1. Development and Testing --; 15.4.2. Application of Small Wind Power at the Folkecenter --; 15.5. Future of Small Wind Turbines --; 16. Consigned to Oblivion / Preben Maegaard --; 16.1. Introduction --; 16.2. Home-Made Inventions --; 16.3. The Quite, Quite Different Ones --; 16.4.A Very Personal Experience --; 16.5. Turning Wind into Heating --; 16.6. The "Folke" Windmill: One Blade Suffices. Contents note continued: 16.7. The Kramsbjerg Windmill: A Technical Innovation --; 16.8. The Ring Generator Turns Up --; 16.9. An Organic Windmill --; 16.10. From Grassroot to Producer --; 16.11. The Fascinating Egg Beater --; 16.12. The Phenomenon Borre --; 16.13. Wind Matic and Tellus --; 16.14.A Genuine Pioneer: Claus Nybroe --; 17. Hutter's Heritage: The Stuttgart School / Jan Oelker --; 17.1. The Lack of Energy --; 17.2. The Dream of Flying and First Theoretical Works for Wind Energy --; 17.3. Allgaier's Investments --; 17.4. The 100 kW Challenge --; 17.5. Changes of Interest --; 17.6. The Birth of GROWIAN --; 17.7. Limit of Feasibility --; 17.8. Hutter's Heritage --; 18. Overview of German Wind Industry Roots / Arne Jaeger --; 18.1. Introduction --; 18.2. Early Activities in the 1980s --; 18.2.1. Summary of German 1980s Wind Power Activities --; 18.2.1.1. General overview --; 18.2.1.2. Overview of federal wind projects --; 18.2.1.3. Influence of Ulrich Hutter --; 18.2.1.4. Early foreign influence from Denmark. Contents note continued: 18.2.2. German Pioneers --; 18.3. The Wind Boom of the 1990s --; 18.3.1. Summary of German 1990s Wind Power Activities --; 18.3.2. New Manufactures --; 18.4. The Success Story of Wind in Germany --; 18.4.1. Constant Research and Innovation --; 18.4.2.A Strong Support Program --; 18.4.3. Political Support --; 18.4.4. Reliable Foreign Wind Turbines --; 18.4.5.A Working Network --; 18.4.6. Strong Offshore Approach --; 19. Direct Drive Wind Turbines / Friedrich Klinger --; 19.1. Introduction --; 19.2. The Drive Train Evolution --; 19.3. Direct Drive Revolution --; 19.4. Prototypes and Beyond --; 19.5. Direct Drive Pioneers --; 20. How the Early 1980s Micro- and Power-Electronics Innovation in Germany Revolutionised Wind Energy Systems / Jurgen Sachau --; 20.1. University Pioneering from Theory to Practice --; 20.2.
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Putting Technology to Work for Integrated Systems --; 20.3. European Modular Systems Technology --; 20.4. Defending Progress --; 20.5. On the Path towards 100% Renewable Energies. Contents note continued: 21. How the Electricity Feed-In Law (Stromeinspeisungsgesetz) Came to Be Passed by the German Parliament, Enabling Renewable Energies to Establish Their Position in the Market / Ulrich Jochimsen --; 21.1. The German Renewable Energy Association (Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energie) Is Founded to Safeguard the Feed-In Law --; 21.2. The Ongoing Destruction of Our Public Services and the Very Basis of Our Existence --; 22. Wind, Women, Art, Acceptance / Brigitte Schmidt --; 22.1. How Did It Start with the `Wind'? --; 22.2. Planning Phase --; 22.3. Citizens' Participation, but How? --; 22.4. No Fear of Megawatts and Millions --; 22.5. Friends from All over Europe --; 22.6. The Justice of the German Electricity Industry --; 22.7. Operational Availability --; 22.8. What's Next? --; 23. California: Wind Farms Retrospective / Arne Jaeger --; 23.1. Introduction --; 23.2. Historical Development --; 23.2.1. The 1970s US Wind Activities and Background of the Late 1970s for the Californian Case. Contents note continued: 23.2.2.1981-1985: The First Five Years --; 23.2.3.1986-1990: Crash, Market Shrinking and Repairs --; 23.3. The Retrospective in Detail --; 23.3.1. What Can Be Seen Today --; 23.3.2. Why California's Wind Farms Are Unique --; 24. Emergence of Wind Energy: The University of Massachusetts / James F. Manwell --; 24.1. The Renewable Energy Vision of William Heronemus --; 24.2. Significance of the First UMass Wind Turbine, WF-1 --; 24.3. Another Path to Renewable Energy --; 24.4. Engineering and Education for a Renewable Energy Future --; 25. An American Personal Perspective / Susan J. Kopka --; 25.1. Introduction --; 25.2. From Denmark to Alaska --; 25.3. Political Winds --; 25.4. Lessons from California --; 25.5. Small Wind Power --; 25.6. Living off the Grid --; 25.7. Romanian Grid --; 25.8. Fighting with Windmills --; 25.9. It Is (also) about Money --; 25.10. The Matter of Scale --; 26. Residential Wind by Way of Illustration / Igor Avkshtol --; 26.1. The Story --; 26.2. The Company. Contents note continued: 26.3. Engineers and Designers --; 26.4. The Turbine --; 26.5. Normal Operation---Peak Power Tracking --; 26.6. Slow Mode --; 26.7. Stop Mode --; 26.8. Blown Fuse Mode --; 26.9. Equalising Mode --; 26.10. Happy End --; 27. Wind Power in China: Chasing a Dream that Creates Value / Qin Haiyan --; 27.1. Wu Gang's Dream and Philosophy --; 27.2. Goldwin's Challenge --; 27.3. Developing Certificates for China --; 27.4. The Power of Sinovel --; 27.5. Towards the Sea --; 27.6. Success of Zhongfu Lianzhong --; 27.7. Wind Power Pioneers --; 27.8. Looking Ahead --; 28. Rising Wind Power Industry of XEMC / Zhou Jianxiong --; 28.1. Brief Introduction to Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Company --; 28.2. Development Course and Superiority of XEMC in the Wind Power Industry --; 28.2.1. Long Development History --; 28.2.2. Solid Technical Strength --; 28.2.3. Leading Direct-Drive Types --; 28.2.4.Complete Product Series --; 28.2.5.Complete Test System --; 28.2.6. Convenient Marketing Channels. Contents note continued: 28.2.7. Outstanding Sales Performance --; 28.2.8. Public Praise on the Market --; 28.3. Rising Wind Power Industry of XEMC.
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