Long-Term Development of Wind Energy
Article from: OGEL 2 (2005), in Windpower
Introduction
In many countries - particularly Germany, Denmark, Spain, and the United Kingdom - wind energy development has been stimulated by incentive schemes which have been established as a matter of public policy and have been funded by the taxpayer, or by the electricity customer, or both. These developments have been described in detail in the wind energy literature. If we look at the issues of global climate change, crude oil depletion, and natural gas depletion, however, the need for sustainable energy development forces us to consider the possibility that in many countries of the world the ...