Wind and Solar Power Systems
Subtitle: Design, Analysis, and Operation, Second Edition
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: July 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780849315701
Subjects: Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building; Power generation & distribution; Solar power plants; Photovoltaic power systems; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Energy; Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Engineering - Mechanical; Science / Energy; Wind power plants
First sentence: The total annual primary energy consumption in 1997 was 390 quadrillion (1015) BTUs worldwide and over 90 quadrillion BTUs in the United States of America, distributed in segments shown in Figure 1-1.