Winds of Change
The Environmental Movement and the Global Development of the Wind Energy Industry
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 3 February 2011
- ISBN 9780199746927
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages264 pages
- Size 160x234x27 mm
- Weight 544 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 10 black and white line illustrations 0
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Short description:
Winds of Change examines the global development of the wind energy industry from a political, social movements-based perspective. It shows the varying influence that the environmental movement has had on the growth of this industry in different countries and regions, and the different outcomes this varying influence has led to.
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Winds of Change examines the global development of the wind energy industry from a political, social movements-based perspective. It argues the wind energy industry developed successfully in certain regions and countries in large part because the environmental movement influenced its growth. Vasi then defines and analyses the three main pathways through which the environmental movement has contributed to industry growth: it has influenced the adoption and implementation of renewable energy policies, it has created consumer demand for clean energy, and it has changed the institutional logics of the energy sector. The book uses quantitative analysis to present the big picture of the global development of the wind energy industry, then draws on qualitative analyses to understand why countries such as Germany, Denmark, or Spain are world leaders in wind energy, while other countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, or Canada have a somewhat underdeveloped wind power industry. It also analyzes how the environmental movement contributed to the recent growth of the market for renewable energy certificates in the United States. The book also examines the remarkable transformation of the electricity sector in different countries, showing how environmentalists in Germany, Denmark, United States and United Kingdom contributed to wind turbine manufacturing by becoming entrepreneurs, innovators, and/or advocates, and, furthermore, how environmental groups and activists formed new companies that specialize in wind-farm development and operation, and pressured utility companies to invest in renewable energy by using tactics such as protests, lawsuits, and lobbying for stricter regulation. In conclusion, Vasi presents the main implications for future studies on industry development and social movement outcomes, as well as for the future growth of the renewable energy sector.
A wide ranging, richly informative, and engaging account of the global emergence of a new industry.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Wind Energy Industry and the Environmental Movement
The Big Picture
Environmental Campaigns and the Adoption and Implementation of Feed-in Tariffs
Environmental Campaigns and the Adoption and Implementation of Renewable Portfolio Standards
From Thinking Globally about Climate Change to Acting Locally on the Energy Challenge
Going With the Wind: The Environmentalist Transformation of the Electricity Sector
Conclusion: The Answer May be Blowing in the Wind
References
Index
