Learning from Wind Power

1. Wind Power: Towards a Sustainable Energy Future?
Charles Warren, Richard Cowell, Geraint Ellis, Peter A. Strachan, Joseph Szarka

Part I. Governance and Policy Learning

2. Wind Power: Opportunities, Limits and Challenges
David Elliott

3. Wind Power Policy in Germany and the UK: Different Choices Leading to Divergent Outcomes
Volkmar Lauber

4. Wind Power and Spatial Planning in the UK
Simon Power, Richard Cowell

5. From Laggard to World Leader: The United Kingdom’s Adoption of Marine Wind Energy
Stephen Jay

6. Planning with the Missing Masses: Innovative Wind Power Planning in France
Alain Nadaï

Part II. Societal Engagement with Wind Power

7. The Misdirected Opposition to Wind Power
Martin J. Pasqualetti

8. The Social Experience of Noise from Wind Farms
Claire Haggett

9. Navigating a Minefield? Wind Power and Local Community Benefit Funds
Peter A. Strachan, David R. Jones

10. Fostering Public Engagement in Wind Energy Development: The Role of Intermediaries and Community Benefits
Patrick Devine-Wright

11. Social Acceptance of Wind Power Projects: Learning from Trans-National Experience
Stefanie Huber, Robert Horbaty, Geraint Ellis

12. Drawing Lessons from Wind Power for Future Sustainable Energy
Joseph Szarka, Geraint Ellis, Richard Cowell, Peter A. Strachan, Charles Warren

Keywords: Geography, Environmental Geography, Environmental Policy, Environmental Economics, Environmental Politics, Environmental Science and Engineering, Sustainable Development