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Governing the wind energy commons : renewable energy and community development / Keith A. Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Keith, 1977- author.
- Series:
- Rural studies series (Morgantown, W.V.) ; Volume 5.
- Rural studies series ; Volume 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power resources.
- Wind power.
- Cooperative societies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Community Development and Institutional Fit
- 2. Case Study - The Investor-Owned Wind Farm
- 3. Case Study - The Cooperative-Owned Wind Farm
- 4. Comparing Investor- and Cooperative-Owned Firms
- 5. Why Not Policy from Below?
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- References
- index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-946684-86-4
- OCLC:
- 1101512039
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