TY  - BOOK
AU  - Woofenden,Ian
TI  - Wind power for dummies
T2  - --For dummies
SN  - 9780470496374 (pbk.) :
AV  - TJ 820 .W66 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Hoboken, N.J.
PB  - Wiley Pub.
KW  - Wind power
KW  - Equipment and supplies
KW  - Electric power production
KW  - Dwellings
KW  - Power supply
KW  - Wind turbines
N1  - 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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