Wind power in America's future : 20% wind energy by 2030 /
In 2006, a collaborative panel -- including members of the U.S. Department of Energy -- explored a modeled energy scenario in which wind would provide 20 percent of our nation's electricity by 2030. Their official 2008 report estimates impacts and discusses specific needs and outcomes in the ar...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Mineola, N.Y. :
Dover Publications,
2010.
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| Edition: | Dover ed., Green ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Publisher description Full-text online (PDF) |
| Summary: | In 2006, a collaborative panel -- including members of the U.S. Department of Energy -- explored a modeled energy scenario in which wind would provide 20 percent of our nation's electricity by 2030. Their official 2008 report estimates impacts and discusses specific needs and outcomes in the areas of technology, manufacturing, transmission and grid integration, markets, siting strategies, and potential environmental effects. |
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| Item Description: | "Unabridged republication of 20% Wind Energy by 2030: Increasing Wind Energy's Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply, a report issued by the U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., in July 2008"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xv, 228 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780486475004 048647500X |