Description: Governing the Wind Energy Commons : Renewable Energy and Community Development, Paperback by Taylor, Keith A., ISBN 1946684856, ISBN-13 9781946684851, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Wind energy is often framed as a factor in rural economic development, an element of the emerging &;green economy&; destined to upset the dominant greenhouse- gas-emitting energy industry and deliver conscious capitalism to host communities. The bulk of wind energy firms, however, are subsidiaries of the same fossil fuel companies that wrought havoc in shale-gas and coal-mining towns from rural Appalachia to the Great Plains. On its own, wind energy development does not automatically translate into community development. In Governing the Wind Energy Commons, Keith Taylor asks whether revenue generated by wind power can be put to community well-being rather than corporate profit. He looks to the promising example of rural electric cooperatives, owned and governed by the 42 million Americans they serve, which generate $40 billion in annual revenue. Through case studies of a North Dakota wind energy cooperative and an investor-owned wind farm in Illinois, Taylor examines how regulatory and social forces are shaping this emerging energy sector. He draws on interviews with local residents to assess strategies for tipping the balance of power away from absentee-owned utilities.
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Book Title: Governing the Wind Energy Commons : Renewable Energy and Communit
Number of Pages: 180 Pages
Publication Name: Governing the Wind Energy Commons : Renewable Energy and Community Development
Language: English
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Subject: Public Policy / Energy Policy, Power Resources / Electrical, Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable, Power Resources / General
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Author: Keith A. Taylor
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Technology & Engineering
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Rural Studies
Format: Trade Paperback
