Wind power for dummies
By: by Ian Woofenden
Series: --For dummies; --For dummies
Publisher: Wiley Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780470496374
Subjects: Electric power production; Wind power; Wind turbines; Power supply; Equipment and supplies; Dwellings
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 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; title: Assembling your system. Gathering a team of experts; title: 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; title: Installing and operating your system. Safety first! ; Installation time ; Living with wind energy; title: 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"; title: Appendixes. A, Glossary ; B, Conversions, abbreviations, and acronyms.