Wind Energy For the Rest of Us
Author: Paul Gipe
Publisher: Wind-Works.org
Published: 2018-05-04
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 0997451807
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Paul Gipe
Publisher: Wind-Works.org
Published: 2018-05-04
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 0997451807
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Paul Gipe
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2009-05-05
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1603582274
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The availability of clean, renewable power is without question going to be the defining challenge and goal of the 21st century, and wind will lead the way. Internationally acclaimed wind energy expert Paul Gipe is as soberly critical of past energy mistakes as he is convincingly optimistic about the future. The overwhelming challenge of transforming our world from one of fossil carbon to one of clean power seems daunting at best—and paralyzingly impractical at worst. Wind Energy Basics offers a solution. Wind power can realistically not only replace the lion’s share of oil-, coal-, and naturalgas– fired electrical plants in the U.S., but also can add enough extra power capacity to allow for most of the cars in the nation to run on electricity. Gipe explains why such a startlingly straightforward solution is eminently doable and can be accomplished much sooner than previously thought—and will have the capacity to resuscitate small and regional economies. 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.
Author: Robert W. Righter
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780806128122
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Relates the history of the efforts to capture the power of wind for electricity, from the first European windmills to California's wind farms of the late twentieth century.
Author: Dan Bartmann
Publisher: Buckville Publications LLC
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780981920108
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An illustrated guide to building and installing a wind turbine and understanding how the energy in moving air is transformed into electricity.
Author: U.S. Department of Energy
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-01-23
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0486161463
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 2006, a panel explored a modeled energy scenario in which wind would provide 20 percent of U.S. electricity by 2030. Their official report estimates impacts and discusses specific needs and outcomes.
Author: Martin Pasqualetti
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2002-02-15
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780125463348
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →More than ever, travelers are encountering a different sort of landscape, one not only of nature but of technology. Wind Power in View is the first authoritative discourse on the aesthetic impact of wind turbines on the landscape and what can be done about it. It is a detailed and thoroughly illustrated discussion of the issue from several different perspectives. The book also provides an overview of the status of wind energy at the dawn of the new millennium, examines some of the ongoing battles, and offers guidelines on minimizing its visual impact.Taking examples from the United States, Germany, Denmark, Great Britain, and Sweden, Wind Power in View is the first book to tackle the thorny land use questions raised by wind energy's hard won respectability. What will be the future of wind energy? Will it be welcomed as savior, or will it be opposed as a new-age intrusion on open space and landscape preservation? These 11 essays, international in nature and written by objective experts, address landscape issues in creative, original ways.
Author: David McDermott Hughes
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2021-10-12
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1839761148
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The energy transition has begun. To succeed - to replace fossil fuels with wind and solar power - that process must be fair. Otherwise, mounting popular protest against wind farms will prolong carbon pollution and deepen the climate crisis. David Hughes examines that anti-industrial, anti-corporate resistance, drawing insights from a Spanish village surrounded by turbines. In the lives of these neighbours - freighted with centuries of exploitation - clean power and social justice fit together only awkwardly. Proposals for a green economy, the Green New Deal, or Europe's Green Deal require more effort. We must rethink aesthetics, livelihood, property, and, most essentially, the private nature of wind resources. Ultimately, the energy transition will be public and just, or it may not be at all
Author: Paul Gipe
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 1931498148
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Wind energy today is a booming worldwide industry. The technology has truly come of age, with better, more reliable machinery and a greater understanding of how and where wind power makes sense -- from the independent homestead to a grid-connected utility-wide perspective. Heightened concerns about our environment mean that this resurgence of interest in wind -- a natural and widespread power source -- is here to stay. Wind Power is the completely revised and expanded edition of Paul Gipes 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.
Author: Paul Gipe
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 1995-04-14
Total Pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9780471109242
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →He cites improvements in the performance, reliability, and cost effectiveness of modern wind turbines to support his contention that wind energy has come of age as a commercial technology.
Author: Paul Gipe
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2004-04-01
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 1603581634
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the wake of mass blackouts and energy crises, wind power remains a largely untapped resource of renewable energy. It is a booming worldwide industry whose technology, under the collective wing of aficionados like author Paul Gipe, is coming of age. Wind Power guides us through the emergent, sometimes daunting discourse on wind technology, giving frank explanations of how to use wind technology wisely and sound advice on how to avoid common mistakes. Since the mid-1970s, Paul Gipe has played a part in nearly every aspect of wind energy’s development—from installing small turbines to promoting wind energy worldwide. As an American proponent of renewable energy, Gipe has earned the acclaim and respect of European energy specialists for years, but his arguments have often fallen on deaf ears at home. Today, the topic of wind power is cropping up everywhere from the beaches of Cape Cod to the Oregon-Washington border, and one wind turbine is capable of producing enough electricity per year to run 200 average American households. Now, Paul Gipe is back to shed light on this increasingly important energy source with a revised edition of Wind Power. Over the course of his career, Paul Gipe has been a proponent, participant, observer, and critic of the wind industry. His experience with wind has given rise to two previous books on the subject, Wind Energy Basics and Wind Power for Home and Business, which have sold over 50,000 copies. Wind Power for Home and Business has become a staple for both homeowners and professionals interested in the subject, and now, with energy prices soaring, interest in wind power is hitting an all-time high. With chapters on output and economics, Wind Power discloses how much you can expect from each method of wind technology, both in terms of energy and financial savings. The book’s updated models, graphics, and weighty appendixes make it an invaluable reference for everyone interested in the emerging trend of wind power and renewable energy. Executive Director of the American Wind Energy Association Randall Swisher has said, "In the last two decades, no one has done more that Paul Gipe to bring wind energy to the public’s attention."