Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Wind Energy Resource Potential Wind Turbine Technology and Industry Economics of Wind Energy Finance, Competition, and Power Markets Environmental Considerations Wind Energy Policy Summary and Conclusions End Notes References Index

About the Author

ROBERT REDLINGER is Manager of New Business Development at CMS Viron Energy Services, Oakland, California. Previous publications include as co-editor (with Joel Swisher and Gilberto Jannuzzi) Tools and Methods for Integrated Resource Planning. - PER DANNEMAND ANDERSEN is Head of the Technology Scenarios Programme at Risoe National Laboratory's Systems Analysis Department, Roskilde, Denmark. - POUL ERIK MORTHORST is M.Econ. from the University of ?rhus, and Senior Research Specialist in the Systems Analysis Department at Risoe National Laboratory.