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 ravaged environment and our dependence on dwindling fossil fuels have stimulated a resurgence of interest in wind energy-an abundant and renewable resource.

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.

Author: Paul Gipe
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 2004
Pages: 512

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Applications - How to Use the Wind
3. Measuring the Wind
4. Estimating Output - How Much to Expect
5. Economics - Does Wind Pay?
6. Evaluating the Technology - What Works and What Doesn't
7. Towers
8. Cutting Costs, Not Corners
9. Buying a Wind System
10. Interconnection with the Utility
11. Off-the-Grid Power Systems
12. Pumping Water
13. Siting
14. Installation
15. Operation, Performance, and Maintenance
16. Safety
17. Looking to the Future

Appendix
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

About the Author
In addition to Chelsea Green's Wind Power for Home, Farm & Business, Paul Gipe is the author of the landmark Wind Energy Comes of Age, which was selected by the American Library Association as one of the outstanding academic books of 1995. In 1998, the World Renewable Energy Conference hailed him as a "pioneer in renewable energy," awarding Gipe one of the organization's highest honors for his two decades of writing and lecturing about wind energy. Gipe lives in Bakersfield, California.

Author: Paul Gipe
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 1999
Pages: 136