Electric wind

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An energy history of modern Britain

Marianna Dudley

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English

Manchester University Press
01 November 2025

Social & cultural history; Political ideologies; Alternative & renewable energy industries; Impact of science & technology on society; Environmentalist thought & ideology

A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain.

There are turbines on the horizon. The blades whirl with metronomic rhythm. With each rotation, wind is transformed into electricity. An energy revolution is underway.

Electric wind rewinds to the beginning to explore the rise of wind energy in modern Britain. From the industrial revolution to the aftermath of war, through energy crises and the changing politics of the late twentieth century, we see how energy has shaped a nation

and how a nation is reflected and refracted through energy. Boldly charting Britain through its wildest, windiest places, this book takes us to the edges of land and beyond to think deeply about the role of nature in politics, science and technology. Visionaries and hippies join engineers and entrepreneurs. Traditions and local cultures meet infrastructure and industry in this captivating history.

At a time when action on carbon emissions is urgent, Electric wind offers examples, ideas and stories to fuel change going forwards. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in nature, climate change, landscape and the making of modern Britain.

By: Marianna Dudley
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 418g
ISBN: 9781526182944
ISBN 10: 1526182947
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 01 November 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 Experiments 2 Where the wind blows 3 Electricity at the edges 4 Do-it-yourself energy 5 Turning a profit 6 The ground and the grid: Resistance to wind 7 Offshore 8 Energy imaginaries Conclusion Index -- .

Marianna Dudley is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Humanities at the University of Bristol. She is the author of An Environmental History of the UK Defence Estate (2012).

Reviews for Electric wind: An energy history of modern Britain

‘Electric wind is an engaging history of energy and the politics of place in modern Britain. Marianna Dudley seamlessly moves between the miniscule and the planetary, traversing at the same time the boundaries between the academic, the humorous and the lyrical.’ Katja Bruisch, Energy Historian and author of Burning Swamps -- .