the history of wind energy kristian wolstrup nørgaard & ralf leffin
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The History of Wind The History of Wind EnergyEnergyThe History of Wind The History of Wind EnergyEnergy
Kristian Wolstrup Kristian Wolstrup NøNørgaard & Ralf rgaard & Ralf LeffinLeffinKristian Wolstrup Kristian Wolstrup NøNørgaard & Ralf rgaard & Ralf LeffinLeffin
1) Introduction1) Introduction
2) Internal narrative story2) Internal narrative story
3) The Danish case vs. the US case: 3) The Danish case vs. the US case: (two competing trajectories)(two competing trajectories)
5) Conclusion5) Conclusion
6) Discussion / Questions6) Discussion / Questions
ScheduleSchedule::
The “Windmill-Story”:The “Windmill-Story”:
• Charles F. Brush (1849-1929):Charles F. Brush (1849-1929): first wind turbine pioneerfirst wind turbine pioneer
• Paul la Cour (1846-1908):Paul la Cour (1846-1908): founding farther of the ‘theory’founding farther of the ‘theory’
• Johannes Juul :Johannes Juul : first AC- wind turbinefirst AC- wind turbine
The “Windmill-Story”:The “Windmill-Story”:
• several key several key developments developments
• Charles F. Brush (1849-1929):Charles F. Brush (1849-1929): first wind turbine pioneerfirst wind turbine pioneer
• Paul la Cour (1846-1908):Paul la Cour (1846-1908): founding farther of the ‘theory’founding farther of the ‘theory’
• Johannes Juul :Johannes Juul : first AC- wind turbinefirst AC- wind turbine
The “Windmill-Story”:The “Windmill-Story”:
• todaytoday: Multi-Megawatt wind : Multi-Megawatt wind turbinesturbines
• several key several key developments developments
• Charles F. Brush (1849-1929):Charles F. Brush (1849-1929): first wind turbine pioneerfirst wind turbine pioneer
• Paul la Cour (1846-1908):Paul la Cour (1846-1908): founding farther of the ‘theory’founding farther of the ‘theory’
• Johannes Juul :Johannes Juul : first AC- wind turbinefirst AC- wind turbine
The Danish caseThe Danish case
• vital entrepreneurial networkvital entrepreneurial network
• energy crisis 1973energy crisis 1973
• grass-roots movementgrass-roots movement
• development of ‘meaning’development of ‘meaning’
Bottom-up and Top-down strategyBottom-up and Top-down strategy
The US caseThe US case
• compete with already existing power compete with already existing power plantsplants
• energy crisis 1973energy crisis 1973
• ‘ ‘Big Science’ heavily funded from the Big Science’ heavily funded from the StateState
• knowledge from aerodynamicsknowledge from aerodynamics
Top-down strategyTop-down strategy
ConclusionConclusion
• from grass-roots to ‘Big Industry’from grass-roots to ‘Big Industry’
• external factors played a crucial external factors played a crucial rolerole
• different meanings to technologydifferent meanings to technology
critic of sourcescritic of sources
• used material: books and online publicationsused material: books and online publications
• books - internal narrative accountsbooks - internal narrative accounts • no access to relevant energy journalsno access to relevant energy journals