Chasing the Wind: Inside the Alternative Energy Battle PDF
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Chasing the Wind Other Books by the Author Different Battles: The Search for a World War II Hero In Their Footsteps: Warriors, Capitalists, and Politicians of West Virginia The Rise and Fall of Dodgertown: 60 Years of Baseball in Vero Beach Chasing the Wind Inside the Alternative Energy Battle Rody Johnson The University of Tennessee Press • Knoxville Copyright © 2014 by The University of Tennessee Press / Knoxville. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. First Edition. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johnson, Rody. Chasing the wind: inside the alternative energy battle / Rody Johnson. — First edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-62190-069-6 1. Wind power. I. Title. TJ820.J66 2014 333.9'2—dc23 2013039693 To Ruth Baker Thomas Johnson (Tommye) Contents Prologue xi 1. From the Beach to the Mountains 1 2. A Thousand Years 15 3. Europe: Reality or Tilting at Windmills 25 4. Battle Begins 43 5. Rough Road 59 6. Wind in the States 73 7. Alternative Sources 87 8. Growth Issues 109 9. Endangered 123 10. A View of the Mountain 133 Epilogue 145 Notes 149 Selected Bibliography 161 Index 165 Illustrations FIGURES Florida Power and Light Presents Facts about Planned Wind Farm in Florida 3 Approaching Mountaineer Wind Farm in West Virginia 5 Wind Turbine Foundation under Construction in West Virginia 10 Cutaway View of Turbine Blades, Rotor, Shaft, and Gear Train 12 Wind Turbines in the Tehachapi Pass Area of California 21 Traditional Windmill and Modern Wind Turbines in Dutch Countryside 27 Ferry Cruising Past Offshore Wind Turbines near English Coast 38 Cattle Feeding in Williamsburg Valley, West Virginia 45 Map Showing Plans for Invenergy Turbines 50 Coal-Fueled Power Plant 67 Construction Begins on Beech Ridge Wind Farm in West Virginia 70 Dominion Resources Coal-Fueled Power Plant in West Virginia 89 Fishing Boat near St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant 96 Solar Cell Installation at Denver International Airport 100 Solar Thermal Panels 102 Wind Turbines Surrounding House in Western New York State 111 Transmission Lines 115 Partially Constructed Wind Turbine Sites in West Virginia 129 John Stroud of Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy 140 Strip Mine near Wind Turbine Site 141 Beech Ridge Turbines Overlooking Farm 142
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