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Wind power : the industry grows up /
In her timely new book, best-selling author Rebecca Busby provides a balanced, comprehensive view of the wind power industry: "required reading for people who want to obtain an initial overview of this most interesting energy field." The book enables readers to: Expand their knowledge of t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tulsa, Okla. :
PennWell Corp.,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In her timely new book, best-selling author Rebecca Busby provides a balanced, comprehensive view of the wind power industry: "required reading for people who want to obtain an initial overview of this most interesting energy field." The 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; Understand how wind energy is measured and evaluated at prospective sites with included 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. -- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 545 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-517) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781628703030 1628703032 |