Wind Energy Encyclopedia - Comprehensive Coverage of All Aspects of Wind Power, Turbines, Small and Large Wind Systems, Resource Maps, Environmental Impact, Markets and Technology (DVD-ROM)

This electronic book on DVD-ROM provides an unprecedented encyclopedic collection of authoritative official documents, reference books, guides, handbooks, and technical reports about every conceivable aspect of wind power - with over 88,000 pages of invaluable material presented in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. This incredible library, encompassing over 4 gigabytes of data, has been revised and updated for this 2011 edition. Progressive Management has been a leader in renewable energy publishing for nearly a decade, and we believe that this exceptional collection provides the most comprehensive set of government wind energy documents ever offered! If you have a professional or personal interest in wind energy, you will find this disc to be an effective, time-saving, and practical source of ready-to-use information. The collection includes 572 PDF files; contents include documents from the Department of Energy and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Some of the topics covered include: the government's 20% wind energy by 2030 goal and plan; manufacturing; materials; turbines; rotors; drivetrains; blades; certification; control systems; partnerships; towers; small wind systems and turbines; low wind speed technology; large wind turbines; economic impacts; environmental and wildlife issues, including avian risks; electrical grid integration; offshore wind farms; siting strategies; market development; public policies; distributed wind technology; regional wind resources; wind energy resource atlas of nations; wind resource assessment handbook; acoustic impact; noise reduction; operational testing and field verification; NREL technical reports; rural wind development; utility and co-op impacts; the Wind Powering America program, and much more. The DVD-ROM disc has over 88,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection. These DVD-ROM discs are for use in a computer DVD drive. The files can be accessed from the File Explorer in the same way that you open files from a CD-ROM disc; the CD-ROM and DVD-ROM formats are functionally the same, but the DVD has more than six times greater storage capacity. Of course, this disc cannot be "played" in a DVD player connected to a television set. It contains computer-formatted data.