Wind power and other energy options

Book · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6889182

Inglis, D R

Past experience with wind power is considered along with the mechanics of wind energy conversion, small wind-power installations, large wind-power machines and installations, other solar-related energy sources, geophysical energy sources, nuclear power from fission, nuclear power from fusion, a comparison of dollar costs of wind power and nuclear power, social costs of wind power and nuclear power, and the choice of options. Attention is given to the power of the wind, early wind power development, windmills, home electric power and home heating, the visual acceptability of home windmills, the siting of large wind dynamos, offshore floating wind dynamos, home heating and cooling by using direct solar energy, large solar steam-electric systems, nuclear reactor development, advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power, the present status of nuclear power, the containment problem in nuclear fusion, the costs of large wind dynamos, transmission line costs, and the need for energy storage.

• OSTI ID: 6889182
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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