02835nam 2200505Ia 450 991100475950332120230801225215.01-62870-303-2(CKB)2670000000277546(EBL)3385334(SSID)ssj0000750842(PQKBManifestationID)12349243(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000750842(PQKBWorkID)10750161(PQKB)10015141(MiAaPQ)EBC3385334(EXLCZ)99267000000027754620111201d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWind power[electronic resource] the industry grows up /Rebecca L. BusbyTulsa, Okla. PennWell Corporationc20121 online resource (567 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59370-244-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-517) and index.""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""Wind energy conversion systemsWind powerWind energy conversion systems.Wind power.621.31/2136Busby Rebecca L622919MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911004759503321Wind power4388491UNINA