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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140485303321

Autore

Walker Richard P. <1957->

Titolo

Wind energy essentials : societal, economic, and environmental impacts / / Richard P. Walker, Andrew Swift

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-94842-4

1-119-04093-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Disciplina

333.9/2

Soggetti

Wind power plants

Wind power

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Chapter 1 Impacts of Energy and Electricity on Society; 1.1 What Are "Social and Environmental Impacts"?; 1.1.1 Interactions and Effects of Technology on Society and the Environment; 1.1.2 Sustainable Development; 1.1.3 Wind Power, Technology, and Society; 1.2 Early Wind Power Innovation and Discovery; 1.2.1 Age of Sail Power; 1.2.2 Wind Power and the Transcontinental Railroad; 1.2.3 Wind Power for Settling the Great Plains; 1.2.4 The Dutch Experience; 1.2.5 The English Experience; 1.2.6 Wind Power for Industry

1.3 Impact of Electricity on Society 1.3.1 National Academy of Engineering: Great Achievements of the Twentieth Century; 1.3.2 History of the Early Electric Utilities; 1.3.3 Rural Electrification Administration; 1.3.4 Expansion of the Electric Grid; 1.3.5 Electricity-World View; 1.4 History of Wind Energy for Electricity Production; 1.5 Renewables and Electrification in Third World Countries; 1.6 The Nexus of Wind, Water, and Electricity; References; Chapter 2 The Basics of Electricity; 2.1 Units of Electrical Measurement; 2.2 Descriptions of Common Electrical Equipment

2.3 Types of Companies or Business Units within the Electric Industry 2.4 Frequently Asked Questions; 2.4.1 How Do I Tell How Much



Electricity I Use and How Much It Costs?; 2.4.2 Can Wind Energy or Electricity Be Stored Until It Is Needed?; 2.4.3 How Much Does It Cost Me to Run the Air Conditioner or Other Appliances in My Home?; 2.4.4 If We Do Not Store Electricity from Wind Energy, What Happens When the Wind Stops?; 2.4.5 How Can Wind Energy Get to My House?

2.4.6 If I Am Buying Renewable Energy from My Electricity Provider, How Do I Know That the Electricity I Use Came from a Source of Renewable Energy?2.4.7 My Utility Charges More for "Green Energy." Does Wind Power Cost More than Electricity from Traditional Sources?; 2.4.8 Can I Install a Small Wind Turbine at My House or Business and Reduce My Electric Bill?; Reference; Chapter 3 Overview of Wind Energy and Other Sources of Electricity; 3.1 Defining Renewable Energy; 3.2 Sources and Uses of Energy; 3.3 Growth of Renewable Energy in the United States

3.4 Use of Renewable Energy for Electricity Production in the United States 3.5 Growth of Wind Power Capacity in the United States; 3.6 Subsidies or Incentives for Wind Energy; 3.7 Potential for Increased Use of Wind Energy in the United States; 3.8 Wind Resources in the United States; 3.9 Overview of Other Sources of Electric Generation in the United States; 3.9.1 Coal; 3.9.2 Nuclear Energy; 3.9.3 Natural Gas; References; Chapter 4 Conversion of Power in the Wind to Electricity; 4.1 Wind Power Plants and Wind Turbines; 4.1.1 How a Wind Turbine Works; 4.1.2 Wind Turbine Anatomy

4.1.3 The Power Curve

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the possible societal impacts of wind energy projects and explains the potential issues faced when siting, constructing, and operating a wind energy project.   This book begins with a history of wind power and the social impacts of both electricity and wind power from a historical perspective, a discussion of basic electrical terms, and a primer on the conversion of power in the wind to electricity. Much of the second half of the book is devoted to comparing wind energy to other forms of electric generation, both renewable and non-renewable sources. In order to have a true understand



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956380503321

Autore

Moore Clarence B (Clarence Bloomfield), <1852-1936.>

Titolo

The east Florida expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore / / edited and with an introduction by Jeffrey M. Mitchem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1999

ISBN

0-585-14097-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (441 p.)

Collana

Classics in southeastern archaeology

Altri autori (Persone)

MitchemJeffrey M

Disciplina

975.01

975.9/101

975.9101

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Florida - Saint Johns River Watershed - Antiquities

Archaeological expeditions - Florida - Saint Johns River Watershed

Excavations (Archaeology) - Florida - Saint Johns River Watershed - History

Saint Johns River Watershed (Fla.) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint of works originally published 1892-1903.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction by Jeffrey M. Mitchem; A Burial Mound of Florida [1892]; Supplementary Investigation at Tick Island [1892]; Mounds in Florida [1892]; Certain Shell Heaps of the St. John's River, Florida, Hitherto Unexplored; Certain Sand Mounds of the St. John's River, Florida; Tobacco Pipes in Shell-Heaps of the St. John's [1894]; Additional Mounds of Duval and of Clay Counties, Florida. Mound Investigation on the East Coast of Florida. Certain Florida Coast Mounds North of the St. Johns River [1896]; Recent Acquisitions. A "Banner-Stone" of Shell [1898]

A Cache of Pendent Ornaments [1898] Sheet-Copper from the Mounds Is Not Necessarily of European Origin [1903]; Indexes

Sommario/riassunto

A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication  This comprehensive compilation of Moore's archaeological publications on eastern Florida will prove an invaluable primary resource for Florida archaeologists. Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936), a wealthy Philadelphia socialite, paper company heir, and photographer made the archaeology of the Southeast his



passion beginning in the 1870's. This volume collects 17 of Moore's publications on East Florida, originally published between 1892 and 1903. These invaluable and copiously illustrated works document the results of Moore's