Wind Power: The Industry Grows Up (Repost)
Rebecca Busby, "Wind Power: The Industry Grows Up"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1593702442 | PDF | pages: 567 | 43.1 mb
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1593702442 | PDF | pages: 567 | 43.1 mb
In her timely new book, best-selling author Rebecca Busby provides a balanced, comprehensive view of the wind power industry. This book enables readers to:
• Expand their knowledge of the environmental and economic issues associated with wind power development
• Understand the steps involved in developing a wind farm and the best ways to operate it successfully and profitably
• Find out how wind energy is integrated into power grids and transmission networks, including the growing use of technologies for energy storage
• Get an overall picture of the global wind business and the deployment of offshore wind power
• Learn the basics of how wind power is generated and used, how wind turbines work, and how wind power systems are designed
• Find out how wind energy is measured and evaluated at prospective sites, including maps of wind resources worldwide
• Review the status of global wind energy research, technology development, and product testing, as well as advanced wind power generation concepts