Wind Power: The Industry Grows Up

By Rebecca L. Busby

In her timely new book, best-selling author Rebecca Busby provides a balanced, comprehensive view of the wind power industry. This 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 - Find out how wind energy is measured and evaluated at prospective sites, including 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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593702442
• ISBN13: 9781593702441
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Pennwell Books
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"