2nd Edition
Wind Power The Struggle for Control of a New Global Industry
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1. From Maoism to Lear Jets
Chapter 2. Big industry moves in
Chapter 3. China shakes the wind industry
Chapter 4. Emerging powers
Chapter 5. The offshore frontier
Chapter 6. After Copenhagen
Chapter 7. Turbine manufacturers in trouble
Chapter 8. The Wind Industry Bounces Back
Chapter 9. Tipping point: Windpower’s iPhone moment
Chapter 10. Challenges for the wind-turbine industry
Conclusion
Biography
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.
'Ben Backwell's new book on wind power is a great read, provides the best current overview of the wind industry, how it got to where it is, and what the future challenges are. Highly recomended!'
Henrik Stiesdal, Wind Power Pioneer
