Power with nature : solar and wind energy demystified
Title:
Power with nature : solar and wind energy demystified
Author:
Ewing, Rex A., author.
ISBN:
9780965809856
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
255 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Cat of the wind, dog of the sun: a primer disguised as a fable -- A new philosophy of freedom -- Grid intertie or off-grid? -- Beginning considerations -- Sizing the system -- Solar photovoltaic modules -- Wind turbines -- Micro-hydro power -- Charge controllers -- Batteries -- Inverters -- Putting it all together safely -- Heating of house and water -- Pumping water -- Final thoughts.