Wind Power for Dummies

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Contents:

Part I: A Wind Primer: Stuff You Need to Know

• Chapter 1: Introducing the World of Home Wind Electricity
• Chapter 2: Is Wind Energy for You?
• Chapter 3: Deconstructing Wind-Energy Systems
• Chapter 4: Electricity Basics — a Shocking Amount of Info
• Chapter 5: Blowing through Vital Wind-Energy Principles

Part II: Assessing Your Situation

• Chapter 6: The Home Energy Assessment: Gauging Your Energy Appetite
• Chapter 7: Increasing Your Home’s Energy Efficiency
• Chapter 8: Determining Your Site’s Wind-Energy Potential
• Chapter 9: Defining Your Relationship to the Grid
• Chapter 10: Calculating the Value of Your Investment
• Chapter 11: If Not Wind, Then What? Other Options for Green Energy

Part III: Assembling Your System

Chapter 12: Gathering a Team of Experts — or Going It Alone

• Chapter 13: Weighing Wind Generator Options
• Chapter 14: Talking about Towers
• Chapter 15: Checking Out the Rest of the System Components
• Chapter 16: Tying Everything Together: System Sizing and Design

Part IV: Installing and Operating Your System

• Chapter 17: Safety First!
• Chapter 18: Installation Time
• Chapter 19: Living with Wind Energy

Part V: The Part of Tens

• Chapter 20: Ten Essential Steps toward a Successful Wind-Electric System
• Chapter 21: Ten Wind-Energy Mistakes
• Chapter 22: Ten Tales of Wind-Energy Users and “Abusers”

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