文档介绍：Wind and Solar
Power Systems
Design, Analysis, and Operation
Second Edition
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Wind and Solar
Power Systems
Design, Analysis, and Operation
Second Edition
Mukund R. Patel
. Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point, New York, .
Boca Raton London New York Singapore
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Cover photo: Original land use continues in a wind farm in Germany. (With permission from Vestas Wind
Systems, Denmark.)
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