Wind Power Politics and Policy

by Scott Valentine

The wind power development policy community faces a conundrum. On the one hand, as the most commercially viable form of utility-scale renewable energy, the wind power industry has experienced in excess of ten-fold growth in total installed capacity over the past decade. On the other hand, installed wind power capacity still accounts for less than 2% of global electricity-generation capacity, despite the prevalence of studies indicating that, in certain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199862729
• ISBN13: 9780199862726
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"