Wind resources and future energy security : environmental, social, and economic issues /: environmental, social, and economic issues. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Muyiwa S. Adaramola.
• Editors: Adaramola, Muyiwa
• Contents: Introduction Part I: Wind Energy’s Potential Assessment in Selected Locations Analysis of Wind Speed Data and Wind Energy Potential in Three Selected Locations in South-East Nigeria; Sunday O. Oyedepo, Muyiwa S. Adaramola, and Samuel S. Paul Assessment of the Present and Future Offshore Wind Power Potential: A Case Study in a Target Territory of the Baltic Sea Near the Latvian Coast; Lita Lizuma, Zanita Avotniece, Sergejs Rupainis, and Artis Teilans Power Generation Expansion Planning Including Large Scale Wind Integration: A Case Study of Oman; Arif S. Malik and Cornelius Kuba Developing a GIS-Based Visual-Acoustic 3D Simulation for Wind Farm Assessment; Madeleine Manyoky, Ulrike Wissen Hayek, Kurt Heutschi, Reto Pieren, and Adrienne Grêt-Regamey Part II: Social, Economic, and Environmental Issues Assessment of Wind Power Generation Along the Coast of Ghana; Muyiwa S. Adaramola, Martin Agelin-Chaab, and Samuel S. Paul Assessing Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future; Helen Bailey, Kate L. Brookes, and Paul M. Thompson Socioeconomic Impacts of Wind Farm Development: A Case Study of Weatherford, Oklahoma; John Scott Greene and Mark Geisken Optimizing Wind Power Generation while Minimizing Wildlife Impacts in an Urban Area; Gil Bohrer, Kunpeng Zhu, Robert L. Jones, and Peter S. Curtis Land Cover and Topography Affect the Land Transformation Caused by Wind Facilities; Jay E. Diffendorfer and Roger W. Compton Wind Turbines and Human Health; Loren D. Knopper, Christopher A. Ollson, Lindsay C. McCallum, Melissa L. Whitfield Aslund, Robert G. Berger, Kathleen Souweine, and Mary McDaniel Public Engagement with Large-Scale Renewable Energy Technologies: Breaking the Cycle of NIMBYism; Patrick Devine-Wright Part III: Trends and Future Challenges Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring: State-of-the-Art Review, New Trends, and Future Challenges; Pierre Tchakoua, René Wamkeue, Mohand Ouhrouche, Fouad Slaoui-Hasnaoui, Tommy Andy Tameghe, and Gabriel Ekemb Overview of Problems in Large-Scale Wind Integrations; Xiaoming Yuan
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Toronto : Apple Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 333.92; Wind power
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781771882330
• Related ISBNs: 9781771881449
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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