Recommended Books
Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound.Call Number: HD 9052.5 .W554 C37 2007Available at Downcity Library, Yena Center.
Wind Energy -- The FactsCall Number: HD 9502.5 .W553 W57 2009Available at the Downcity Library, Yena Center.
Wind PowerCall Number: TJ 820 .G54 2008Available at Downcity Library, Yena Center.
Industry Profiles
These databases will direct you to in-depth profiles on the wind power industry.
- First ResearchBegin with "Industry and Geographic Profile". Type in "Wind Power Generation". Profile includes an overview, quarterly industry update, financial information and more; also includes "Call Prep Questions", an excellent resource for anyone preparing for job interviews.
- IBISWorldIndustry research for over 700 U.S. industries plus hard-to-find U.S. "specialized industries," including 60 industries in Australia, China, and the UK. Go to "Key Statistics" to find financials and 7 kinds of "Key Ratios." To limit your search to the countries above, use the link "Global Industry Research", then on the next page link to "Search for international industries."
Wind Power
From the Argonne National Laboratory
Articles & Databases
- Business Insights: GlobalProvides company profiles and full-text articles on the wind power industry. Also includes industry profiles.
The resources below will assist you in researching company and industry information for the wind power industry. You can also obtain full-text articles which are constantly updated.
- Business Source Complete (EBSCO)Company profiles, SWOT analyses (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) where available, industry profiles, stocks & investment info., management-related articles, Harvard Business Review case studies and streaming videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series.
- General Business File ASAP (Gale)Selective, full-text business and management-related articles. This is a subset of the larger database Business & Company Resource Center.
- GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) (Gale)Many full-text articles plus streaming videos on important aspects of environmental issues: economic, political, legal, and the human impact on the environment.
- LexisNexisFull-text articles on wind energy resources from over 6,000 newspapers/magazines, national and international. Updated daily. Best source for up-to-date business news. Also includes company profiles.
Videos on Wind Energy
- Films on Demand Complete (Infobase)Over 15,000 streaming videos 24/7. Many areas of interest including business & economics, careers & job searching, computers & technology, criminal justice, culinary arts & nutrition, digital media, education, engineering, English, fashion/textiles & merchandising, food prep & safety, food science & service, guidance & counseling, health, science & social sciences. Watch Archival Films & Newsreels for important events and interviews with influential people in American culture & history.
These Films on Demand videos touch on various aspects of wind energy . To access them, type the titles below in the searchbox in the upper right hand corner.
- "Clean Energy: The Boom in Wind Power"
- "Is Wind Energy Still Viable?"
- "Windmill: Back to the Blueprint
Additional videos may be located using keyword searching.
Associations
Links to professional organizations and agencies for the wind energy industry.
Other Useful Resources
Links to sites for other useful information on the wind power industry.
- How Wind Energy WorksFrom the Union of Concerned Scientists. Excellent overview of the development of wind power and its practical applications.
- Illustrated History of Wind Power DevelopmentAn overview of using wind power as an energy resouce: past, present and future. Includes a profile of government programs involved in wind power research. Great resource for background on the industry.
- Science Tracer Bullets Online: Wind PowerFrom the Library of Congress's Science References Services. Provides a guide to resources and research strategies for users who have only a general knowledge of wind power. Includes information on books, journals, government documents and Internet resources. Excellent introduction to resources and very user-friendly.
- Wind Power GlossaryFrom Otherpower.com
- Wind Power in the United States - Statista Dossier 2013"Presents graphs and tables about wind power. Focusing on wind power generation and capacity in the United States, it also provides data on wind turbine manufacturers worldwide".
- Wind-Works.org"An on-line archive of articles and commentary on wind and solar energy". News and links to numerous sites on wind energy developments. Also includes information about books about wind power.
