Kevin Shea founded and operates RE Power, Inc., a small-scale biodiesel manufacturing plant. He also designed and built the Long Island Green Dome—the nation's largest and first LEED-qualified, Energy Star residential geodesic dome home made of renewable and reused material, and equipped with a 10k solar array, a 1.9kw wind turbine, and a geothermal system. Brian Clark Howard is an award-winning environmental journalist with a decade of experience producing and managing top-notch content for websites, magazines, books, newsletters, blogs and more. He spent three years as web editor for The Daily Green and five years as managing editor of E/The Environmental Magazine (the U.S.'s oldest, largest independent environmental magazine). Brian is the coauthor of four books on environmental topics, including Green Lighting and Geothermal HVAC.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. First Wind: Introduction to Small Wind PowerChapter 2. Second Wind: Challenges and Impacts of Small Wind EnergyChapter 3. Electricity, Energy, and Wind ScienceChapter 4. Personal Assessment: Is Wind Power Right for YouChapter 5. Site Assessment: Will Wind Power Work at Your LocationChapter 6. How to Finance Small Wind PowerChapter 7. Navigating Permits and ZoningChapter 8. Wind Turbines DemystifiedChapter 9. How to Choose the Right Wind Turbine for the JobChapter 10. Balance of System: Batteries, Inverters, Controllers, and MoreChapter 11. Installation, Maintenance, and TroubleshootingChapter 12. Future Developments in Wind PowerGlossaryNotesIndex

Kevin Shea founded and operates RE Power, Inc., a small-scale biodiesel manufacturing plant. He also designed and built the Long Island Green Dome—the nation's largest and first LEED-qualified, Energy Star residential geodesic dome home made of renewable and reused material, and equipped with a 10k solar array, a 1.9kw wind turbine, and a geothermal system. Brian Clark Howard is an award-winning environmental journalist with a decade of experience producing and managing top-notch content for websites, magazines, books, newsletters, blogs and more. He spent three years as web editor for The Daily Green and five years as managing editor of E/The Environmental Magazine (the U.S.'s oldest, largest independent environmental magazine). Brian is the coauthor of four books on environmental topics, including Green Lighting and Geothermal HVAC.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. First Wind: Introduction to Small Wind PowerChapter 2. Second Wind: Challenges and Impacts of Small Wind EnergyChapter 3. Electricity, Energy, and Wind ScienceChapter 4. Personal Assessment: Is Wind Power Right for YouChapter 5. Site Assessment: Will Wind Power Work at Your LocationChapter 6. How to Finance Small Wind PowerChapter 7. Navigating Permits and ZoningChapter 8. Wind Turbines DemystifiedChapter 9. How to Choose the Right Wind Turbine for the JobChapter 10. Balance of System: Batteries, Inverters, Controllers, and MoreChapter 11. Installation, Maintenance, and TroubleshootingChapter 12. Future Developments in Wind PowerGlossaryNotesIndex

Kevin Shea founded and operates RE Power, Inc., a small-scale biodiesel manufacturing plant. He also designed and built the Long Island Green Dome—the nation's largest and first LEED-qualified, Energy Star residential geodesic dome home made of renewable and reused material, and equipped with a 10k solar array, a 1.9kw wind turbine, and a geothermal system. Brian Clark Howard is an award-winning environmental journalist with a decade of experience producing and managing top-notch content for websites, magazines, books, newsletters, blogs and more. He spent three years as web editor for The Daily Green and five years as managing editor of E/The Environmental Magazine (the U.S.'s oldest, largest independent environmental magazine). Brian is the coauthor of four books on environmental topics, including Green Lighting and Geothermal HVAC.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. First Wind: Introduction to Small Wind PowerChapter 2. Second Wind: Challenges and Impacts of Small Wind EnergyChapter 3. Electricity, Energy, and Wind ScienceChapter 4. Personal Assessment: Is Wind Power Right for YouChapter 5. Site Assessment: Will Wind Power Work at Your LocationChapter 6. How to Finance Small Wind PowerChapter 7. Navigating Permits and ZoningChapter 8. Wind Turbines DemystifiedChapter 9. How to Choose the Right Wind Turbine for the JobChapter 10. Balance of System: Batteries, Inverters, Controllers, and MoreChapter 11. Installation, Maintenance, and TroubleshootingChapter 12. Future Developments in Wind PowerGlossaryNotesIndex