Wind-Diesel Systems
Subtitle: A Guide to the Technology and its Implementation
Contributors: Ray Hunter (Editor); George Elliot (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 25, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780521434409
Subjects: Mechanical engineering; Power generation & distribution; Technology & Industrial Arts; Wind Energy Technology; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Wind turbines; Electricity; Engineering - Mechanical; Technology / Electricity; Technology / Engineering / Mechanical; Technology-Engineering - Mechanical; Wind power Wind power; Diesel electric power-plants; Wind power
First sentence: Historically, until the advent of electricity, all power systems were decentralised, ie power was produced at the location where it was required.