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Electric Wind
Book • 2025
Marianna Dudley's Electric Wind examines the rise of wind energy in modern Britain, situating technological developments within broader environmental, cultural, and political contexts.
The book traces experiments from nineteenth-century inventors through mid-century state trials in places like Orkney, the countercultural adoption of renewables in the 1970s, and the market-driven expansion of wind farms after electricity privatization.
Dudley highlights the interplay between meteorological knowledge, landscape, community responses, and policy choices that shaped wind's trajectory.
She considers offshore developments, surveillance and military dimensions, and contemporary debates over aesthetics, ecology, and equity.
The final chapter offers speculative 'energy imaginaries' proposing more democratic, community-centred models for distributing wind's benefits.
The book traces experiments from nineteenth-century inventors through mid-century state trials in places like Orkney, the countercultural adoption of renewables in the 1970s, and the market-driven expansion of wind farms after electricity privatization.
Dudley highlights the interplay between meteorological knowledge, landscape, community responses, and policy choices that shaped wind's trajectory.
She considers offshore developments, surveillance and military dimensions, and contemporary debates over aesthetics, ecology, and equity.
The final chapter offers speculative 'energy imaginaries' proposing more democratic, community-centred models for distributing wind's benefits.
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as the guest's newly published book and the episode's focus.

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Marianna Dudley, "Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain by Marianna Dudley" (Manchester UP, 2025)
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as the subject of the episode and discussed with the author about wind energy history in Britain.

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Marianna Dudley, "Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain by Marianna Dudley" (Manchester UP, 2025)
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's new book being discussed on the episode.

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Marianna Dudley

Marianna Dudley, "Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain by Marianna Dudley" (Manchester UP, 2025)
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as the guest's new book and the episode's topic for discussion.

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Marianna Dudley, "Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain by Marianna Dudley" (Manchester UP, 2025)


