Wind Power Books

There are several very good wind power books on the market today.  While the internet is a very good way to get information it should only be a part of your knowledge source.  Before investing time and money with wind power take a trip to your local library, or to Amazon, and do some homework.  Make sure this is a viable solution for your alternative energy needs.

Wind Power - Renewable Energy for Home, Farm and Business by Paul Gipe is an excellent source of the kind of information you need before making any major purchases.  This wind power book is 395 pages full of color photographs and technical diagrams.

This is the fourth, and best, edition of this book.  Paul Gipe just keeps getting better and providing more valuable information.  In many ways this book reads like a college textbook, it is that good.  The photography is excellent and interesting, the material is well written and should be usable by people of many varied backgrounds.  Whether you run a farm, build DIY projects in your garage, a college student or one of the many of us ready to get off grid, this book should be in your library.

The book gets quickly into the workings of the wind and explains exactly what the wind can, and can't, do for you.  The subject of the wind can be technical at times and this is not bypassed, you get it all.  It can also be mathematical.  Much of the complex stuff is in the side bars and do not interfere with the text which is explaining this stuff in layman terms.

Paul Gipe, in this wind power book, tells it like it is.  This is not a DIY guide for building your own wind turbine for under a hundred dollars.  Far from it.  You will get the facts and when you are finished you will have a very realistic idea about how effective this would be for you.  This is not hype, it is not rose colored, it is the real truth about real working systems written by an expert in the field.

When you reach chapter six the basics of machinery are discussed.  Paul compares many of the different types of wind generators in use today.  He also discussed terminology such as wind-mill and wind-pumps.  You will also get first hand information regarding installation, safety while installing and how to cut costs without sacrificing quality.

Scattered throughout the pages of this book are stories of successes and failures experienced through the many years of being involved in the wind industry.  Gipe also finds room to give his opinions about where wind power is today as an alternative energy and where it will be tomorrow.

This book is not about greening the earth, reducing our carbon footprint or eliminating our use of coal and nuclear power.  It is just about the wind and wind power.  It is one of the best books written about wind power and highly recommended.

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