03497oam 2200685I 450 991045432430332120200520144314.01-135-89896-01-282-28375-897866122837580-203-88642-910.4324/9780203886427 (CKB)1000000000783937(EBL)446602(OCoLC)444710226(SSID)ssj0000272245(PQKBManifestationID)11207179(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000272245(PQKBWorkID)10304970(PQKB)10191153(MiAaPQ)EBC446602(Au-PeEL)EBL446602(CaPaEBR)ebr10330881(CaONFJC)MIL228375(OCoLC)495771819 (EXLCZ)99100000000078393720180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWind power and power politics international perspectives /edited by Peter A. Strachan, David Toke & David LalNew York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (229 p.)Routledge studies in science, technology, and society ;9Description based upon print version of record.0-415-65325-8 0-415-96130-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Appendices; Foreword; 1 Assessing National Patterns of Wind Ownership; 2 Wind-Power Outcomes: Myths and Reality; 3 Local Social Acceptance Through Local Involvement: The Case of Wind-Power Implementation in North Rhine-Westphalia; 4 The Wind-Power Market in the Netherlands: Assessing the Performance of Wind Cooperatives; 5 Corporate Interests and Spanish Wind-Power Deployment; 6 Wind-Energy Policy Development in Ireland: A Critical Analysis; 7 Assessing the Performance of the UK Renewables Obligation: Cinderella or an Ugly Sister?8 Gone With the Wind?: Prospects of Community-Owned Wind Energy in the United States9 The Development of Wind Power in the Netherlands and Denmark: The Impact of Different Innovation Strategies and Policies; Contributors; IndexThe aim of the book is to analyse the factors that have influenced wind power outcomes in a range of countries which have featured significant wind power deployment programmes. A central theme is the relationship between patterns of ownership and the outcomes. These flow from different social environments, but they are associated with different types of planning outcome and deployment rates. Grass roots ownership is more widespread than is commonly thought, although it is not a panacea for effective wind power programmes. Financial policies used to promote wind power also have important infRoutledge studies in science, technology, and society ;9.Wind powerGovernment policyCase studiesEnergy policyCase studiesElectronic books.Wind powerGovernment policyEnergy policy333.9/2Lal David1000387Strachan Peter A1000388Toke David1000389MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454324303321Wind power and power politics2296274UNINA