About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 81. Chapters: Wind generator, Windmill, Lift, Anemometer, Wind speed, Windpump, Environmental impact of wind power, Community wind energy, High altitude wind power, Wind power forecasting, Wind power grid integration, Unconventional wind turbines, Wind Powering America Initiative, Gliding flight, Offshore wind power, Betz' law, Airborne wind turbine, Wind-diesel hybrid power system, Subsea, Wind resource assessment, Saul Griffith, Kitegen, Wind ENergy Data & Information Gateway, Lift-to-drag ratio, AWS Truewind, Wind energy software, Laddermill, Guy-wire, Savonius wind turbine, Wind power industry, OPG 7 commemorative turbine, Garrad Hassan, Wind-hydrogen hybrid power system, Panemone windmill, SkySails, Wind rights, Windbelt, Offshore Marine Management, Enercon E-126, WindFarmer, Merchant Wind Power, Vaneless ion wind generator, Global Wind Energy Council, Blade element theory, Wind Power Production Incentive, Windmade, WindPRO, Repeller, WindSim, Wind power consulting companies, Windographer, WAsP. Excerpt: Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships. Wind power, as an alternative to fossil fuels, is plentiful, renewable, widely distributed, clean, and produces no greenhouse gas emissions during operation. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines which are connected to the electric power transmission network. At the end of 2010, worldwide nameplate capacity of wind-powered generators was 197 gigawatts (GW). Energy production was 430 TWh, which is about 2.5% of worldwide electricity usage. Several countries have achieved relatively high levels of wind power penetration, such as 21% of stationary electricity production in D...
