Reviews of Books in German
I have an extensive library on wind energy and energy policy. A number of these books I’ve reviewed over the years. Not all are in English, my native language. Nonetheless, I’ve reviewed some books in German, French, and Danish because I think it’s important to hear what these authors have to say about wind development in their countries.
Wind in Sicht: Landscape in Transition by Ulrich Mertens, A Review
By
Paul Gipe
There are some books that simply bring a smile to your face–even to someone as jaded as I. This is one of them. There is a joy in discovering what the future may hold that comes across in Ulrich Mertens’ Wind in Sicht: Landscape in Transition.
Bürger-Windpark Lübke-Koog 25-Year Anniversary–A Review
By
Paul Gipe
Hans-Detlef Feddersen sent me a copy of a little picture book celebrating the 25th anniversary of Bürger-Windpark Lübke-Koog. He included a DVD video of interviews with the founders of the community-owned wind farm, the first of its kind in Germany and model for the thousands of projects to come.
Störfall mit Charme—The Story of the Schönau Electricity Revolt–A Review
By
Paul Gipe
The title, Störfall mit Charme, is a playful thumbing of the nose in German at the critics of a movement by citizens in a small village in the deepest reaches of Germany’s Schwarzwald or Black Forest to dump nuclear power and build a renewable energy future.
Catching the Wind of the World (the Aerodyn Story)—a Review
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Paul Gipe
Den Wind der Welt einfangen is part of series of retrospectives being issued by pioneers in the field of wind energy as they near retirement. Written by freelance journalist Dierk Jensen, Catching the Wind of the World (the English title) traces the growth of a German company that designs wind turbines: Aerodyn.
WIND BEWEGT: Kleine Windräder bauen Vom Miniwindrad bis zum Stromerzeuger
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Günther Hacker Und Gabriele Jerke
An E-book by Günther Hacker in German is ideal for home wind experiments. Science teachers with a modicum of German will find it a font of simple wind devices that can be made from craft materials.
My Indecent Offer to the Chancellor–Because We Cannot Let the Energy Transition Fail!—A Review
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Paul Gipe
I’d already marked up my version of Matthias Willenbacher’s book My Indecent Offer to the Chancellor in the faint hope …
Wind Energy and Friends of the Earth in Kassel, Germany–Some Observations
By
Paul Gipe
Over the years I’ve noted more than once the observation that most major environmental groups in Germany give a full-throated …
Wind Power Plants: Fundamentals, Design, Construction and Operation by Robert Gasch and Jochen Twele, Editors–Second Edition
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The book, edited by Robert Gasch and Jochen Twele, began as course notes for Gasch’s popular course on wind turbine design for engineering students at the Technische Universität in Berlin. Many of the book’s 15 authors are either graduates of or were members of TU-Berlin’s Aerospace Institute. Though professor Gasch has retired, many of the other authors are significant figures in today’s German wind industry. . .
Martin Frey’s Baedeker Guide to Renewable Energy in Germany (Erneuerbare Energien Entdecken)-A review
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Paul Gipe
Renewable energy has indeed come of age: It now has its on Baedeker Reiseführer or travel guide. . .
Martin Frey’s Wind of Change-A review
By
Paul Gipe
I’ve studied engineering and natural resources but my first love is geography. Consequently I’ve become a big fan of German technical writer and geographer Martin Frey. He’s written some great little books and Wind of Change is one of them. . .
