Wind Power is profusely illustrated with more than 200 charts, line drawings, and photographs.    Wind Power is the most comprehensive, non-academic book on the subject of wind energy in English. Written for the layman, Wind Power contains sufficient scientific and engineering detail for beginning professionals as well.    Gipe, an American author, has made a special effort to provide content in both metric and English (U.S) units of measurements and frequently includes wind turbines from outside the United States.    Wind Power contains photos of wind turbines operating in Canada,  the United States, Chile, Argentina, Scotland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Spain.      What's New in This Version of Wind Power    Expanded section on wind resources, including more detail on how to account for changes in elevation and temperature.  Expanded section on evaluating power curves, including actual measured performance from several micro and mini wind turbines. Expanded section on siting wind turbines, including actual measured noise emissions  from micro wind turbines.  Inclusion of more wind turbines from manufacturers outside the United States.  More information on medium-size and large wind turbines.  More examples and case studies of those successfully using wind energy.  Expanded section on used wind turbines now includes used medium-size turbines such as those once used on wind farms.  Expanded Appendix which includes more sources of information, a new glossary and multilingual lexicon, sources for used and  reconditioned wind turbines, an expanded bibliography, and more conversion factors.    Wind Power: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business, ISBN 1-931498-14-8 paper, 1-931498-60-1 cloth, Energy/Environment, 8 x 10 inches (20.5 x 25.5 cm), 512 pages, US$50 paper, US$75 cloth, 2004. Wind Power (2004) is available from the following suppliers.    USA    Chelsea Green Publishing Co.; P.O. Box 428; White River Junction, VT 05001; +1 802 295 6300; fax: +1 802 295 6444 or 800 639 4099.    Europe    James & James / Earthscan.    Canada    Codasat, Suite 1-4335 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6R 2H6, Canada; +1 800 565 9523; +1 604 222 2955.    New Zealand    Ceres Books, PO Box 11336, Ellerslie, Aukland, New Zealand; +64 09 574 3356.    Australia      Banyan Tree Books, 13 College Road, Kent Town, South Australia 5067, Australia.    South Africa    www.netbooks.co.za    Internet Booksellers    The book is also available through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Chapters/Indigo, and other internet booksellers worldwide.      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Advance Praise for Wind Power (2004)  Wind Power (2004) Flyer (pdf: 800 kb)  Wind Power (2004) Sample Pages  Wind Power (2004) Sample Illustrations  Wind Power (2004) Acknowledgements  Wind Power (2004) Preface  Wind Power (2004) Contents  Wind Power (2004) Illustrations  Wind Power (2004) Tables  Wind Power (2004) Corrections & Updates  -End-