Wind power : the industry grows up / Rebecca L. Busby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Busby, Rebecca L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wind energy conversion systems.

Wind power.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (567 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corporation, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-517) and index.

ISBN:

1-62870-303-2