Praise for Harvest the Wind

“A 'must-read' for anyone who wants to understand the promise and challenge of building the clean energy economy of the future.”

— U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman

“Combining graceful prose, analytical rigor, and colorful characters, Harvest the Wind portrays the excitement of a new industry. Much more than just an exploration of the prospects for wind energy, though, Harvest takes us along on the author's journey through the American heartland in search of the nation's soul, and its future.”

— Denis Hayes, national coordinator of the first Earth Day and former director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

 

The Latest (from the Blog)

  • Renewable Energy in the Ideasphere

    Posted on March 12, 2014

    A few months after Harvest the Wind's publication in 2012, I spoke at Chicago Ideas Week, a lively exchange of disruptive ideas that takes place annually in the Windy City.  Earlier this week a follow-up interview with Erin Robertson appeared in Chicago Ideas Week's blog, The Ideasphere.  We talk about the new solar panels on our home in chilly Massachusetts and my reasons for guarded optimism about renewable energy's prospects for America.  The interview also appeared in the Chicago Tribune's Blue Sky Innovation hub.

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  • Paying Our Way

    Posted on March 4, 2014

    Ever wondered why our bridges are crumbling, our highways are decaying, and our transit systems are rotting?  Look at the federal gas tax, frozen at 18.3 cents per gallon since 1993.  I addressed this transportation funding gap in a letter to the editor of the New York Times on March 3.

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People and Places from Harvest the Wind

  • Pete Ferrell, rancher and wind farm developer
    Pete Ferrell, Flint Hills (KS) rancher & wind farm developer
  • Meadow Lake Barn
    Meadow Lake Wind Farm, Indiana
  • Ahmad Hemami, wind technology instructor
    Ahmad Hemami, wind technology instructor
  • Michelle Ritzert, Bat Monitor
    Michelle Ritzert, Bat Monitor
  • Bill Stovall, long-haul blade trucker
    Bill Stovall, long-haul blade trucker
  • Kurt and Helen Kocher
    Kurt & Helen Kocher, Cloud County (KS) ranchers & wind farm hosts
  • Indiana Wind Farm
    Fowler Ridge Wind Farm, Indiana
  • Bob Loyd, turbine assembly plant manager
    Bob Loyd, turbine assembly plant manager
  • Steve Maples, wind farm construction supervisor
    Steve Maples, wind farm construction supervisor

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