Windfall : wind energy in America today /
Righter, Robert W.
Windfall : wind energy in America today / Robert W. Righter. - Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2011. - xx, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How have we used wind and electricity? -- How have these large turbines evolved? -- The riddle of reliability -- Tying into the grid -- Can the government help? -- "Not in my backyard" -- Addressing nimby -- Small turbines and appropriate technology -- Other solutions -- Living with the wind and the turbine.
9780806141923 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2011000238
Wind power--United States.
Wind turbines--Environmental aspects--United States.
Electric power production--United States.
TJ820 / .R54 2011
621.31/2136
Windfall : wind energy in America today / Robert W. Righter. - Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2011. - xx, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How have we used wind and electricity? -- How have these large turbines evolved? -- The riddle of reliability -- Tying into the grid -- Can the government help? -- "Not in my backyard" -- Addressing nimby -- Small turbines and appropriate technology -- Other solutions -- Living with the wind and the turbine.
9780806141923 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2011000238
Wind power--United States.
Wind turbines--Environmental aspects--United States.
Electric power production--United States.
TJ820 / .R54 2011
621.31/2136