
Wind Energy: Renewable Energy and the Environment
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Updated throughout and adds three new chapters on climate change, energy storage, and observations.
Illustrates the need for a shift to renewable energy through discussions on energy use and the order of magnitude estimates for the lifetime of fossil fuels.
Discusses the interconnection of wind turbines to utility grids, regulations on installation and operation, and the related environmental concerns.
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Dr. Nelson degrees include a PhD in physics from the University of Kansas, an EdM from Harvard University and a BSE from Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia. He was at the Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Oriente, Cumana, Venezuela for two years and then at WTAMU from 1969 to 2003. Besides writing books after retirement, he started quilting in 2006 and by 2025 he had made over 300 quilts. With his wife, Beth, some of their quits were exhibited at the Bosque Museum, Nelson + Nelson: Where Science Meets Art. Of course, hers were the art quilts. A few of our quilts were in two separate exhibitions at the Texas Quilt Museum.
Kenneth Starcher began his college career and renewable involvement the same semester, fall, 1976. It led to a BS in physics/computer Science at West Texas State University (1980). In 1980-81 he took courses in electrical engineering, electronics, and physics at Texas Tech University. He earned an MS in Engineering Technology. at WTAMU in 1995, and then took some courses in agricultural economics at WTAMU.
Starcher has been a field worker for most of the projects at AEI since 1980. He has been the educational funnel for on-site training and public information for students and public workshops for AEI. He has served as a trainer at wind and solar training workshops locally, nationally, and internationally. He has served as a Research Technician, Research Associate, Assistant Director, Director, and Associate Director (Training, Education and Outreach) for AEI over the past 38 years. AEI was terminated in 2015.
He served as a board member of the American Wind Energy Association, was on the Executive Board of Class 4 Winds and Renewables, was chosen as the Individual Member of the year for Texas Renewable Energy Association in 2005, the Small Wind Educator at the Small Wind Conference in 2010, and awarded an Outstanding Wind Leadership Education Award from Wind Powering America, 2013.
Starcher has installed and operated more than 85 different renewable energy systems, ranging in scale from 50 watt to 500 kW. He has served as a consultant for wind companies in the United States and produced wind resources maps for counties, states, and Thailand and Honduras.
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