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Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-76238-0 - Wind Power Peter Musgrove Index More information Index AC (alternating current), 65 Brush, Charles, 60–1 Acciona, 179, 180 Burbo Bank wind farm, 190 Aermotor, 55 bushel, 27, 40, 233 Agricco, 65 BWEA, 155, 272 air density, 228 Albion Mill, 48 Californian wind boom, 112–19 Altamont Pass, 113, 114, 116 Canada, 202–3 asynchronous generator. See induction candlepower, 57, 61 generator canvas, 30 AWEA, 196 capacity credit, 141 capacity factor, 93, 170, 176, 193, 200, 271 Balaclava, 67–8 carbon capture and storage (CCS), 11, 210–11 balance of plant, 131 carbon dioxide, 4, 5, 209, 221 battery, storage, 58, 61, 62, 63, 70 Carmarthen Bay test centre, 147, 151 bed stone, 33 Carno wind farm, 163 BEST-Romani, 79 CCS. See carbon capture and storage Betz limit, 42, 229 CEGB, 138, 144, 155 biomass, 213, 214 Cemmaes wind farm, 182, 183 blade, 8, 216 China, 162, 205–8 aluminium, 90, 99 wind power capacity, 12, 206, 215 downwind, 71, 75 climate change, 6 fibreglass, 76, 80, 91, 105, 108 Clipper, 199 number, 36, 53, 69, 71, 102, 229–31 coal-fired power station, 11 pitch, 68, 71, 77, 126, 127 cone, 71, 83 steel, 71, 91 corn, 301 twist, 77, 235 Costa Hill, 83 upwind, 74, 75, 79 Coulomb, Charles, 32, 35, 47, 236–9, 250, wood-epoxy, 91, 94, 287 259, 302 Blyth, James, 58–60 CP See power coefficient Boeing, 91, 92, 93 Cretan windmill, 260 Bogø, 75, 76 Crown Estate, 189 Bonus, 109, 111, 117, 118, 163, 169 Cubitt, William, 41 brake air, 78, 85, 108 Darrieus wind turbine, 95–9 mechanical, 30, 78, 108 Darrieus, Georges, 96, 145 parking, 78 Daudet, Alphonse, 49 brake, aerodynamic.
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