wind power

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 in many nations, both developed and developing, to add and expand wind and solar power capacity. The first, best-selling edition of Wind and Solar Power Systems provided the most complete and modern treatment of renewable energy. This second edition continues the tradition by offering updated and expanded coverage of this growing field.

• array design
• clean renewable energy
• energy storage technologies
• engineering fundamentals
• enormous growth
• environmental variables
• few short years
• induction machine
• machine performance
• operational considerations
• photovoltaic technologies
• power capacity
• power systems design
• renewable energy sources
• renewable energy systems
• solar photovoltaic
• solar power systems
• solar pv
• wind and solar power systems
• wind power

This authoritative textbook is intended to provide both a thorough and highly accessible introduction to the cross-disciplinary field of wind engineering. The economic viability and political appeal of wind power is on the increase, making this text a timely addition to the literature.

• accessible introduction
• authoritative textbook
• chapter tutorial
• combines
• complement
• economic viability
• energy engineering
• industrial experience
• literature
• market appeal
• political appeal
• renewable wind energy
• solutions manual
• spans
• timely addition
• tutorial sections
• wind engineering
• wind power

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 Gipe's definitive 1993 book, Wind Power for Home and Business.

• case studies
• color photographs
• energy today
• grid connected
• homestead
• illustrations
• international sources
• perspective
• power source
• resurgence
• systems international
• wind energy
• wind power
• wind resources
• wind systems
• wind turbines
• worldwide industry