Wind Power
The wind power business has grown from a niche sector within the energy
industry to a global industry that attracts substantial investment. In Europe wind
has become the biggest source of new power generation capacity, while also
successfully competing with the gas, coal and nuclear sectors in China and the
US.
Wind Power
looks at the nations, companies and people fighting for control of
one of the world’s fastest growing new industries and how we can harness one of
the planet’s most powerful energy resources. The book examines the challenges
the sector faces as it competes for influence and investment with the fossil fuel
industry across the globe. Over the course of this volume, Backwell analyses the
industry players, the investment trends and the technological advancements that
will define the future of wind energy. This second edition is revised throughout
and contains new material on frontier wind markets and industry con solid ation,
as well as the cost reductions and market gains that led to 2015 being a landmark
year for the big wind turbine companies.
This is an important resource for professionals working in wind and wider
renew able industries, energy finance, conventional energy companies and
govern ment as well as researchers, students, journalists and the general public.
Ben Backwell
has spent most of his career covering international energy markets
and finance. He worked for international news agencies and as an analyst in
Houston, Caracas, New York, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires before moving
back to his native UK in 2006. He then worked as an analyst covering major oil
companies before joining renewable energy news service
Recharge
, becoming
Editor-in-Chief in 2012. He joined FTI Consulting as a Managing Director in
2015 after taking part in the creation of the Solution Wind advocacy campaign
ahead of the COP21 climate negotiations. He holds a master’s degree in Politics
from the University of London.
Wind Power
The Struggle for Control of a
New Global Industry
2nd edition
Ben Backwell。