Wind Power - The Industry Grows Up - Rebecca L Busby

Wind Power - The Industry Grows Up - Rebecca L. Busby (PennWell, 2012).pdf

ISBN 978-1-59370-244-1

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