Wind power for dummies / by Ian Woofenden.

By: Material type: TextSeries: --For dummiesPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley Pub., c2009.Description: xviii, 364 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780470496374 (pbk.) :
  • 0470496371 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TJ 820 .W66 2009
Contents:
A wind primer : stuff you need to know. Introducing the world of home wind electricity ; Is wind energy for you? ; Deconstructing wind-energy systems ; Electricity basics : a shocking amount of info ; Blowing through vital wind-energy principles -- Assessing your situation. The home energy assessment : gauging your energy appetite ; Increasing your home's energy efficiency ; Determining your site's wind-energy potential ; Defining your relationship to the grid ; Calculating the value of your investment ; If not wind, then what? Other options for green energy -- Assembling your system. Gathering a team of experts-- or going it alone ; Weighing wind generator options ; Talking about towers ; Checking out the rest of the system components ; Tying everything together : system sizing and design -- Installing and operating your system. Safety first! ; Installation time ; Living with wind energy -- the part of tens. Ten essential steps toward a successful wind-electric system ; Ten wind-energy mistakes ; Ten tales of wind-energy users and "abusers" -- Appendixes. A, Glossary ; B, Conversions, abbreviations, and acronyms.
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Includes index.

A wind primer : stuff you need to know. Introducing the world of home wind electricity ; Is wind energy for you? ; Deconstructing wind-energy systems ; Electricity basics : a shocking amount of info ; Blowing through vital wind-energy principles -- Assessing your situation. The home energy assessment : gauging your energy appetite ; Increasing your home's energy efficiency ; Determining your site's wind-energy potential ; Defining your relationship to the grid ; Calculating the value of your investment ; If not wind, then what? Other options for green energy -- Assembling your system. Gathering a team of experts-- or going it alone ; Weighing wind generator options ; Talking about towers ; Checking out the rest of the system components ; Tying everything together : system sizing and design -- Installing and operating your system. Safety first! ; Installation time ; Living with wind energy -- the part of tens. Ten essential steps toward a successful wind-electric system ; Ten wind-energy mistakes ; Ten tales of wind-energy users and "abusers" -- Appendixes. A, Glossary ; B, Conversions, abbreviations, and acronyms.

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