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Wind resources and future energy security : environmental, social, and economic issues /
Wind power is one of the fastest developing sources of renewable energy. It makes substantial contributions to power grids around the globe, and it promises to play a prominent role in the world's future energy security. Given that reality, there is an ongoing need for research that investigate...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, FL : Oakville, ON :
CRC Press LLC ; Apple Academic Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; About the Editor; Contents; Acknowledgment and How to Cite; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Wind Energy's Potential Assessment in Selected Locations; Chapter 1: Analysis of Wind Speed Data and Wind Energy Potential in Three Selected Locations in South-East Nigeria; Chapter 2: Assessment of the Present and Future Offshore Wind Power Potential: A Case Study in a Target Territory of the Baltic Sea Near the Latvian Coast; Chapter 3: Power Generation Expansion Planning Including Large Scale Wind Integration: A Case Study of Oman.
- Chapter 4: Developing a GIS-Based Visual-Acoustic 3D Simulation for Wind Farm AssessmentPart II: Social, Economic, and Environmental Issues; Chapter 5: Assessment of Wind Power Generation Along the Coast of Ghana; Chapter 6: Assessing Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future; Chapter 7: Socioeconomic Impacts of Wind Farm Development: A Case Study of Weatherford, Oklahoma; Chapter 8: Optimizing Wind Power Generation while Minimizing Wildlife Impacts in an Urban Area.
- Chapter 9: Land Cover and Topography Affect the Land Transformation Caused by Wind FacilitiesChapter 10: Wind Turbines and Human Health; Chapter 11: Public Engagement with Large-Scale Renewable Energy Technologies: Breaking the Cycle of NIMBYism; Part III: Trends and Future Challenges; Chapter 12: Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring: State-of-the-Art Review, New Trends, and Future Challenges; Chapter 13: Overview of Problems in Large-Scale Wind Integrations; Author Notes.