The Wind Power Story, A Century of Innovation that Reshaped the Global Energy Landscape by Owens, Brandon N. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Table of Contents Preface 1 The Wind Power Pioneers

1.1 Work of the Devil 1.2 The Danish Edison 1.3 The War of the Currents 1.4 The Colorado Connection Bibliography

2 The Age of Small Wind

2.1 Networks of Power 2.2 An Interesting Twist 2.3 The Savior of the Windmills 2.4 From the Arctic to Antarctica 2.5 Rural Electrification Bibliography

3 The Birth of Big Wind

3.1 The High Altitude Turbogenerator 3.2 The Soviets Advance 3.3 Victory Bibliography

4 Wind Power's Giant Leap

4.1 The Winds of Cape Cod 4.2 Grandpa's Knob 4.3 A Dream Realized 4.4 A Lesson in Economics Bibliography

5 Wind Power in the Wake of War

5.1 The Wind Power Aerogenerator 5.2 The Search for Tomorrow 5.3 The British Experiments 5.4 The Wind Power Schism Bibliography

6 Wind Power's Invisible Solution

6.1 The Death of Windmills 6.2 The Return of Johannes Juul 6.3 Learning to Stall 6.4 Gedser Economics Bibliography

7 The French Connection

7.1 The Duke's Invention 7.2 The Seeker 7.3 The Neyrpic Wind Turbines Bibliography

8 Germany's Timeless Beauty

8.1 Wind Power in Wartime 8.2 Lighting Neuwerk Island 8.3 The Aesthete 8.4 The Blade Breakthrough Bibliography

9 Wind Power’s Silent Decade

9.1 The Pope's Speech 9.2 Silent Spring 9.3 The Gathering Storm Bibliography

10 America's Next Moonshot

10.1 The Energy Crisis 10.2 Back to Ohio 10.3 The Turning Point Bibliography

11 Denmark Reinvents Wind Power

11.1 Feared to Freeze 11.2 More Than a Carpenter 11.3 Let 100 Windmills Bloom 11.4 From Blacksmiths to Businessmen Bibliography

12 The Wind King

12.1 Heronemus's Dream 12.2 California's Soft Energy Path 12.3 This Is the Place! Bibliography

13 The California Wind Rush

13.1 The Deluge 13.2 The Danish Invasion 13.3 Brand New Day Bibliography

14 Germany's Giant

14.1 Ulrich Hütter Returns 14.2 Bottoms Up 14.3 Our Common Future Bibliography

15 Spain's Wind Power Miracle

15.1 A Hot Day in Madrid 15.2 Wind Policy Push 15.3 Denmark's Design Bibliography

16 Europe Sails Ahead

16.1 Wind Power Reincarnated 16.2 The Wind Power Wizard 16.3 The Wind Virus Bibliography

17 Reigniting American Wind Power

17.1 Picking up the Pieces 17.2 Iowa Innovates 17.3 The Selfish Invention Bibliography

18 India's Wind Power Path

18.1 Coping with the Crisis 18.2 A Star Is Born 18.3 Gamesa Gets It 18.4 The Path Forward Bibliography

19 China's Wind Power Surge

19.1 The Birth of Goldwind 19.2 The Rise of Sinovel 19.3 The Year of Adjustment 19.4 Sinovel's Stall 19.5 Recalibration Bibliography

20 The Globalization of Wind Power

20.1 Into the Fire 20.2 The Final Frontier 20.3 A Stable Sunset 20.4 Around the World 20.5 The Tipping Point 20.6 Back to the Future Bibliography

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