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Righter, Robert W.

 
9780806140001: Wind Energy in America: A History
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ISBN 10: 0806140003 ISBN 13: 9780806140001
Casa editrice: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 2008

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Relates the history of the efforts to capture the power of wind for electricity, from the first European windmills to California's wind farms of the late twentieth century.

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This compelling saga recounts the human effort to capture the power of the wind for electricity--from the first European windmills, to nineteenth-century experiments in rural electrification, to the immense wind farms in California and the plains states that feed the power grid today. Environmental historian Robert W. Righter describes eccentric inventors and technical innovations, analyzes the politics of the power industry, past and present, and demonstrates that individuals and small businesses have made the greatest contributions to wind-energy development. Righter includes contemporary developments, including U.S. government research and regulation and the international race for dominance in the wind-turbine business.

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Editore
Univ of Oklahoma Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0806140003
ISBN 13 
9780806140001
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
361
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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