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.