Wind Power For Dummies

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

The consumer guide to small-scale wind electricity production! Maybe you're not T. Boone Pickens, but you can build your own home-sized wind-power empire right in your back yard. Wind Power For Dummies supplies all the guidance you need to install and maintain a sustainable, cost-effective wind generator to power your home for decades to come.This authoritative, plain-English guide walks you through every step of the process, from assessing your site and available wind sources to deciding whether wind power is the solution for you, from understanding the mechanics of wind power and locating a contractor to install your system to producing your own affordable and sustainable electricity. Guides you step by step through process of selecting, installing, and operating a small-scale wind generator to power your homeDemystifies system configurations, terminology, and wind energy principles to help you speak the language of the prosHelps assess and reduce your energy needs and decide whether wind power is right for youExplains the mechanics of home-based wind powerShows you how to tie into the grid and sell energy back to the power companyOffers advice on evaluating all of the costs of and financing for your projectProvides tips on working with contractors and complying with local zoning lawsYes, you can do it, with a little help from Wind Power For Dummies.

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Utgivningsdatum:2009-10-02
Mått:185 x 231 x 25 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9780470496374

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Ian Woofenden is a Senior Editor with Home Power magazine, the Northwest & Costa Rica Coordinator with Solar Energy International, and a wind-energy author, consultant, and instructor. He has been living off-grid with his family and several wind generators for almost 30 years.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1Part I: A Wind Primer: Stuff You Need to Know 7Chapter 1: Introducing the World of Home Wind Electricity 9Chapter 2: Is Wind Energy for You? 19Chapter 3: Deconstructing Wind-Energy Systems 33Chapter 4: Electricity Basics — a Shocking Amount of Info 47Chapter 5: Blowing through Vital Wind-Energy Principles 67Part II: Assessing Your Situation 83Chapter 6: The Home Energy Assessment: Gauging Your Energy Appetite 85Chapter 7: Increasing Your Home’s Energy Efficiency 99Chapter 8: Determining Your Site’s Wind-Energy Potential 117Chapter 9: Defi ning Your Relationship to the Grid 137Chapter 10: Calculating the Value of Your Investment 151Chapter 11: If Not Wind, Then What? Other Options for Green Energy 165Part III: Assembling Your System 183Chapter 12: Gathering a Team of Experts — or Going It Alone 185Chapter 13: Weighing Wind Generator Options 199Chapter 14: Talking about Towers 219Chapter 15: Checking Out the Rest of the System Components 237Chapter 16: Tying Everything Together: System Sizing and Design 253Part IV: Installing and Operating Your System 269Chapter 17: Safety First! 271Chapter 18: Installation Time 287Chapter 19: Living with Wind Energy 305Part V: The Part of Tens 315Chapter 20: Ten Essential Steps toward a Successful Wind-Electric System 317Chapter 21: Ten Wind-Energy Mistakes 323Chapter 22: Ten Tales of Wind-Energy Users and “Abusers” 327Part VI: Appendixes 335Appendix A: Glossary 337Appendix B: Conversions, Abbreviations, and Acronyms 345Index 349