Alternative Energy
Sources
Books on Alternative
Energy Such As Wind Power, Geothermal, and other Alternative Energy
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Alternative Energy For
Dummies
Easy-To-Understand Guide to Clean, Alternative
Energy Sources
This plain-English guide clearly
explains the popular forms of alternative energy that you can use in
your home, your car, and more. Separating myth from fact, this
resource explores the current fossil fuel conundrum, the benefits of
alternatives, and the energy of the future, such as hydrogen and
fuel cell technology |
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Homebrew Wind Power
A Hands-On Guide to Harnessing Wind Power For
Residential Homes
Harnessing the wind can be a
tricky business, but in this groundbreaking book the authors provide
step-by-step, illustrated instructions for building a wind generator
in a home workshop. Even if you don't plan on building your own
turbine, this book is packed with valuable information for anyone
considering wind energy. It covers the basic physics of how the
energy in moving air is turned into electricity, and most
importantly, will give you a realistic idea of what wind energy can
do for you--and what it can't |
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Photovoltaic
Systems
Comprehensive Guide
to Design, Installation & Evaluation of PV Systems
Photovoltaic Systems is a newly updated, comprehensive guide
to the design, installation, and evaluation of residential and
commercial photovoltaic (PV) systems. The textbook covers the
principles of photovoltaics and how to effectively incorporate PV
systems into stand-alone or interconnected electrical systems. The
content includes system advantages and disadvantages, site
evaluation, component operation, system design and sizing, and
installation requirements and recommended practices. |
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Power From The Wind:
Achieving Energy Independence
How To Assess, Design, Purchase and Install
Small Scale Wind Power Systems
Helps you assess your energy
needs, your site's wind energy potential, and sort out every aspect
of the design, purchase and installation of a small-scale, or
residential wind system. Amazingly, it does so without demanding
that you be some technical tinkerer or electrical engineer. |
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Wind and Solar
Power Systems: Design, Analysis and Operation
Learn The Details of
Wind and Solar Power Generation!
The search for clean, renewable energy
sources has yielded enormous growth and new developments in these
technologies in a few short years, driving down costs and
encouraging utilities to expand wind and solar power capacity. The
first, best-selling edition provided the most complete treatment of
renewable energy. This second edition offers updated and expanded
coverage. It begins with individual sections devoted to wind power
and solar photovoltaic technologies, engineering fundamentals,
conversion characteristics, operational considerations to maximize
output, and emerging trends. Includes the theory of induction
machine performance & operation as well as generator speed control,
while the solar PV section includes array design, environmental
variables, and sun-tracking methods. Includes two chapters on new
and specialized technologies. Explores large-scale energy storage
technologies, overall electrical system performance, and total plant
economy while the final section explores ancillary power systems
derived from the sun. Focusing on the complete system rather than on
a single component, Wind and Solar Power Systems: Design, Analysis,
and Operation, Second Edition offers the most comprehensive
reference to all aspects of modern renewable energy systems..
Hard-cover, 472 pages, July 2005 |
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Wind Energy Basics: A
Guide to Home and Community Scale Wind Energy Systems
A How-To Guide to
Residential Home-Based Wind Applications
Wind Energy Basics offers
a how-to for home-based wind applications, with advice on which wind
turbines to choose and which to avoid. He guides wind-energy
installers through considerations such as renewable investment
strategies and gives cautionary tales of wind applications gone
wrong. And for the activist, he suggests methods of prodding
federal, state, and provincial governments to promote energy
independence |
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Wind Power: Revised
Edition
Renewable Energy for Homes, Farms and
Businesses
Wind Power is the completely
revised and expanded edition of Paul Gipe's definitive 1993 book,
Wind Power for Home and Business. In addition to expanded sections
on gauging wind resources and siting wind turbines, this edition
includes new examples and case studies of successful wind systems,
international sources for new and used equipment, and hundreds of
color photographs and illustrations |
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Wind Power For Dummies
Easy-To-Understand Guide to Small Scale Wind
Electricity Production
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 |
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Wind Power
Integration: Connection and System Operational Aspects
Understand the
Challenges of Integrating Wind Power Into Electrical Power Systems!
The rapid growth of wind power and the implications of this
on future power system planning, operation and control has become an
even greater challenge in today's liberated electricity market
conditions. This essential new book examines the main problems of
wind power integration and guides the reader through a number of the
most recent solutions based on current research and operational
experience of wind power integration..
Hard-cover, 288 pages, January 2007 |
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Wind Power Workshop:
Building Your Own Wind Turbine
A Do-It-Yourself
Approach to Building a Wind Turbine
As the true costs of fossil
fuels are revealed, the ancient art of windpower is making a steady
comeback, and many countries are promoting wind energy generation as
part of a drive toward a sustainable future. Yet many environmental
enthusiasts prefer a more do-it-yourself approach. Windpower
Workshop provides all the essential information for the
individual wanting to build and maintain a windpower system for
their own energy needs |
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Photovoltaic Systems
Solar Power Your Home
For Dummies
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