Wind Power for the World: The Rise of Modern Wind Energy

This book sheds light on how the modern 3-bladed wind turbine came into being, and who, how and what in the proceeding period caused the success. It looks back over three decades to find the roots of this exciting development, a long cavalcade of developers, inventors, and manufacturers including the Danish authors who themselves were part of the breakthrough. Written for non-specialists, the book covers minimal science, emphasizing the story of how wind power became a worldwide 30-billion-euro business employing nearly one million people.

Table of Contents

Preface from Series Editor, Wolfgang Palz
Acknowledgements, Anna Krenz
Introduction, Preben Maegaard
The Wind Power Story, Ross Jackson
Forty Years of Wind Energy Development, H.J.M. (Jos) Beurskens
History of Danish Wind Power, Benny Christensen
The aerodynamical research on windmill sails by Poul la Cour, 1896-1900, Povl-Otto Nissen
Networks of Wind Energy Enthusiasts and The Development of The "Danish Concept", Katherine Dykes
A Personal Story About Danish Pioneering of Modern Wind Power, Prof. Emeritus Niels I. Meyer
From Energy Crisis to Industrial Adventure – a Chronicle,Preben Maegaard
The Emergence of Wind, Erik Grove-Nielsen
From Herborg Blacksmith to Vestas, Henrik Stiesdal
From Danregn to Bonus, Egon Kristensen
Vind-Syssel 1985-1990, Flemming Østergaard
The Story of Dencon, Bent Gregersen
Water Brake Windmills, Jørgen Krogsgaard
Cooperative Energy Movement in Copenhagen, Jens H. Larsen
Danish Small Wind Power, Jane Kruse
Consigned to Oblivion, Preben Maegaard
Hütter’s Heritage – The Stuttgart School, Bernward Janzing and Jan Oelker
Overview of German Wind Industry Roots, Arne Jaeger
Direct Drive Wind Turbines, Prof. Dr. Friderich Klinger
How early 80’s Micro- and Power-Electronics Innovation in Germany Revolutionized Wind Energy Systems, Prof. Dr.-Ing.Jürgen Sachau
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
Wind, Women, Art, Acceptance, Brigitte Schmidt
California – Wind Farms Retrospective, Arne Jaeger
Emergence of Wind Energy: The University of Massachusetts,James Manwell
An American Personal Perspective, Steven B. Smiley and Susan J. Kopka
Residential Wind by Way of Illustration, Igor Avkshtol
Wind Power in China: Chasing the Dream that Creates Value,Qin Haiyan
Rising Wind Power Industry of XEMC, Zhou Jianxiong

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