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Marianna Dudley is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Humanities at the University of Bristol. She is the author of An Environmental History of the UK Defence Estate (2012).<p>‘<i>Electric wind </i>is an engaging history of energy and the politics of place in modern Britain. Marianna Dudley seamlessly moves between the miniscule and the planetary, traversing at the same time the boundaries between the academic, the humorous and the lyrical.’<br /><b>Katja Bruisch, Energy Historian and author of <i>Burning Swamps<br /><br /></i></b><i>'Electric wind </i>is a wonderful contribution on a critical and contradictory industry in constant transformation. Dudley moves discussion away from the technological fixation of so much of the wind energy literature, and towards an historical account that lets the workers and scientists, the communities of remote areas, and not least the wind itself speak to their active roles in shaping that history.'<br /><b>Luke Neal, PhD researcher at the Centre for Decent Work (Sheffield University) and Aura CDT on Offshore Wind Energy and Environment<br /><br /></b>'<i>Electric Wind</i> is a rollicking read that uncovers the hidden history of wind power in Britain. Marianna Dudley masterfully illustrates that our current 'big wind' model was never a historical inevitability, but a choice. By revisiting the early 20th-century era of decentralized wind (paired even then with batteries and electric vehicles) and the first large-scale trials under public ownership, Dudley provides an invaluable mirror for today’s energy leaders. For anyone in the industry trying to navigate the energy transition, this book is a timely reminder that technological development is ultimately shaped by people and places.'<br /><b>Dr Arthur Downing, Strategy Director at Octopus Energy, Senior Visiting Fellow at LSE, and author of <i>Power and the People: A History of British Energy</i></b></p>
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A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain.
There are turbines on the horizon. The blades whirl with metronomic rhythm. With each rotation, wind is transformed into electricity. An energy revolution is underway.
Electric wind rewinds to the beginning to explore the rise of wind energy in modern Britain. From the industrial revolution to the aftermath of war, through energy crises and the changing politics of the late twentieth century, we see how energy has shaped a nation – and how a nation is reflected and refracted through energy. Boldly charting Britain through its wildest, windiest places, this book takes us to the edges of land and beyond to think deeply about the role of nature in politics, science and technology. Visionaries and hippies join engineers and entrepreneurs. Traditions and local cultures meet infrastructure and industry in this captivating history.
At a time when action on carbon emissions is urgent, Electric wind offers examples, ideas and stories to fuel change going forwards. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in nature, climate change, landscape and the making of modern Britain.
Introduction
1 Experiments
2 Where the wind blows
3 Electricity at the edges
4 Do-it-yourself energy
5 Turning a profit
6 The ground and the grid: Resistance to wind
7 Offshore
8 Energy imaginaries
Conclusion
Index
There are turbines on the horizon. The blades whirl with metronomic rhythm. With each rotation, wind is transformed into electricity. An energy revolution is underway.
Electric wind rewinds to the beginning to explore the rise of wind energy in modern Britain. From the industrial revolution to the aftermath of war, through energy crises and the changing politics of the late twentieth century, we see how energy has shaped a nation – and how a nation is reflected and refracted through energy. Boldly charting Britain through its wildest, windiest places, this book takes us to the edges of land and beyond to think deeply about the role of nature in politics, science and technology. Visionaries and hippies join engineers and entrepreneurs. Traditions and local cultures meet infrastructure and industry in this captivating history.
At a time when action on carbon emissions is urgent, Electric wind offers examples, ideas and stories to fuel change going forwards. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in nature, climate change, landscape and the making of modern Britain.