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Academic Press Inc
11 November 2015
Wind Power Generation is a concise, up-to-date and readable guide providing an introduction to one of the leading renewable power generation technologies. It includes detailed descriptions of on and offshore generation systems, and demystifies the relevant wind energy technology functions in practice as well as exploring the economic and environmental risk factors.

Engineers, managers, policymakers and those involved in planning and delivering energy resources will find this reference a valuable guide, to help establish a reliable power supply address social and economic objectives.

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Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   130g
ISBN:   9780128040386
ISBN 10:   0128040386
Pages:   104
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction 1 Wind resources 2 Wind Turbine technology 3 Wind Turbine Anatomy Rotors Yawing Drive trains and generator Towers 4 Offshore Wind Turbine Technology 5 Wind Farms 6 Environmental Effects of Wind power 7 Wind Intermittency and Grid issues 8 Wind Capacity Limits 9 Repowering 10 Cost of Wind Power Nitrogen Oxide

Paul Breeze is a journalist and freelance science and technology writer and consultant in the United Kingdom. He has specialised in power generation technology for the past 30 years. In addition to writing Power Generation Technologies, Second Edition, he has contributed to journals and newspapers such as The Financial Times and The Economist and has written a range of technical management reports covering all the aspects of power generation, transmission and distribution.

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