Wind energy a reference handbook

"This book reviews the role of windpower in human history, its potential to be a major source of energy in the near and more distant future, and the questions, problems, and issues associated with the development of wind energy ... opens with a chapter that provides a historical background to the wa...

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Main Author: Newton, David E.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]
Series:Contemporary world issues.
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505 0 |a Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Perspectives -- Profiles -- Data and documents -- Resources for further research -- Chronology. 
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