Wind Power For Dummies
For Dummies (Verlag)
978-0-470-49637-4 (ISBN)
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 home
Demystifies system configurations, terminology, and wind energy principles to help you speak the language of the pros
Helps assess and reduce your energy needs and decide whether wind power is right for you
Explains the mechanics of home-based wind power
Shows you how to tie into the grid and sell energy back to the power company
Offers advice on evaluating all of the costs of and financing for your project
Provides tips on working with contractors and complying with local zoning laws
Yes, you can do it, with a little help from Wind Power For Dummies.
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.
Introduction 1
Part I: A Wind Primer: Stuff You Need to Know 7
Chapter 1: Introducing the World of Home Wind Electricity 9
Chapter 2: Is Wind Energy for You? 19
Chapter 3: Deconstructing Wind-Energy Systems 33
Chapter 4: Electricity Basics — a Shocking Amount of Info 47
Chapter 5: Blowing through Vital Wind-Energy Principles 67
Part II: Assessing Your Situation 83
Chapter 6: The Home Energy Assessment: Gauging Your Energy Appetite 85
Chapter 7: Increasing Your Home’s Energy Efficiency 99
Chapter 8: Determining Your Site’s Wind-Energy Potential 117
Chapter 9: Defi ning Your Relationship to the Grid 137
Chapter 10: Calculating the Value of Your Investment 151
Chapter 11: If Not Wind, Then What? Other Options for Green Energy 165
Part III: Assembling Your System 183
Chapter 12: Gathering a Team of Experts — or Going It Alone 185
Chapter 13: Weighing Wind Generator Options 199
Chapter 14: Talking about Towers 219
Chapter 15: Checking Out the Rest of the System Components 237
Chapter 16: Tying Everything Together: System Sizing and Design 253
Part IV: Installing and Operating Your System 269
Chapter 17: Safety First! 271
Chapter 18: Installation Time 287
Chapter 19: Living with Wind Energy 305
Part V: The Part of Tens 315
Chapter 20: Ten Essential Steps toward a Successful Wind-Electric System 317
Chapter 21: Ten Wind-Energy Mistakes 323
Chapter 22: Ten Tales of Wind-Energy Users and “Abusers” 327
Part VI: Appendixes 335
Appendix A: Glossary 337
Appendix B: Conversions, Abbreviations, and Acronyms 345
Index 349
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.10.2009 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 185 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 499 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-470-49637-1 / 0470496371 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-470-49637-4 / 9780470496374 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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