Publisher's Synopsis
In her timely new book, best-selling author Rebecca Busby provides a balanced, comprehensive view of the wind power industry. Dr. Jon G. McGowan recommends this well-written and well-documented book as “required reading for people who want to obtain an initial overview of this most interesting energy field.”
Contents:
- Overview: how wind power works
- Components: what's a wind turbine made of?
- Wind power system design: combining strength and flexibility
- Small wind power: traditional systems and alternative designs
- Assessment: mapping and measuring the world's wind
- Wind farms: developing and operating wind power plants
- Wind power integration: striking a new balance
- Transmission and storage: facilitating wind power integration
- Offshore wind: entering the mainstream
- Advanced technologies: R&D, testing, and new twists on old ideas
- The global wind industry: markets, business, and government policy
- Environmental and economic issues: wind power grows up
