Wind power for home & business : renewable energy for the 1990s and beyond /

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gipe, Paul
Formato: Livro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado em: Vermont : Chelsea Green, c1993.
Colecção:A real goods solar living book
Assuntos:
Sumário:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Applications- how to use the wind
  • 3. Measuring the wind
  • 4. Estimating output -how much to expect
  • 5. Economics -does wind pay?
  • 6. Evaluating the technology -what works and what doesn't
  • 7. Towers
  • 8. Cutting costs -not corners
  • 9. Buying a wind system
  • 10. Interconnection with the utility
  • 11. Stand-alone power systems
  • 12. Pumping water
  • 13. Siting
  • 14. Installation
  • 15. Operating and maintaining a small wind system
  • 16. Safety
  • 17. Looking to the future
  • 18. Appendixes.