Wind power [[electronic resource] ] : the industry grows up / / Rebecca L. Busby

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911004759503321
• Autore: Busby Rebecca L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tulsa, Okla., : PennWell Corporation, c2012
• ISBN: 1-62870-303-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (567 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.31/2136
• Soggetti: Wind energy conversion systems; 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 (p. 485-517) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Cover""; ""Wind Power: The Industry Grows Up""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Illustrations List""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1- Overview: How Wind Power Works""; ""Chapter 2- Components: What's a Wind Turbine Made Of?""; ""Chapter 3- Wind Power System Design: Combining Strength and Flexibility""; ""Chapter 4- Small Wind Power: Traditional Systems and Alternative Designs""; ""Chapter 5- Assessment: Mapping and Measuring the World's Wind""; ""Chapter 6- Wind Farms: Developing and Operating Wind Power Plants""; ""Chapter 7- Wind Power Integration: Striking a New Balance""; ""Chapter 8- Transmission and Energy Storage: Facilitating Wind Power Integration""""Chapter 9- Offshore Wind: Entering the Mainstream""; ""Chapter 10- Advanced Technologies: R&D, Testing, and New Twists on Old Ideas""; ""Chapter 11- The Global Wind Industry: Markets, Business, and Government Policy""; ""Chapter 12- Environmental and Economic Issues: Wind Power Grows Up""; ""Appendix A: Wind Turbine Design Equations""; ""Appendix B: Small/Alternative Wind Power Systems""; ""Appendix C: U.S. Offshore Wind Resource""; ""Appendix D: Approximating Wind Speed Distribution""; ""Appendix E: Selected Wind Farm Case Studies""""Appendix F: Estimating Wind Energy Costs""; ""Appendix G: World Offshore Wind Power""; ""Appendix H: Global Wind Power Capacity""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""