Energy security, rising energy prices (oil, gas, electricity),
'peak oil', environmental pollution, nuclear energy, climate change
and sustainable living are hot topics across the globe. Meanwhile,
abundant and perpetual wind resources offer opportunities, via
recent technological developments, to provide part of the solution
to address these key issues. The rapid growth of large-scale wind
farm installations has now led to the generation of clean
electricity for tens of millions of homes around the world.
However, despite the potential to reduce the losses and costs
associated with transmission and to use local wind acceleration
techniques to improve energy yields, the potential for urban wind
energy has yet to be realised. Although there is increasing public
interest, the uptake of urban wind energy in suitable areas has
been slow. This is in part due to a lack of understanding of key
issues such as: available wind resources; technology integration;
planning processes (include assessment of environmental impacts and
public safety due to close proximity to people and property);
energy consumption in buildings versus energy production from
turbines; economics (including grants, subsidies, maintenance); and
the effect of complex urban windscapes on performance. Urban Wind
Energy attempts to illuminate these areas, addressing common
concerns highlighting pitfalls, offering real world examples and
providing a framework to assess viability in energy, environmental
and economic terms. It is a comprehensive guide to urban wind
energy for architects, engineers, planners, developers, investors,
policy-makers, manufacturers and students as well as community
organisations and home-owners interested in generating their own
clean electricity.
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