Wind Power Generation and Wind Turbine Design
Edited By: W. TONG, Kollmorgen Corporation, USA
Price
$662.00 (free shipping)
ISBN
978-1-84564-205-1
eISBN
978-1-84564-388-1
Pages
768
Transaction Series
WIT Transactions on State-of-the-art in Science and Engineering
Transaction Volume
44
Published
2010
Format
Hardback
Along with rising energy demand in the 21st century and the growing recognition of global warming and environmental pollution, energy supply has become an integral and cross-cutting element of every country’s economy. In recent years, more and more countries have prioritized sustainable, renewable, and clean energy sources such as wind, solar, hydropower, biomass, etc., as replacements for fossil fuels.
Wind power is the fastest-growing alternative energy segment, providing an attractive cost structure relative to other alternative energy. Wind energy has played a significant role in North American and European countries, and some developing countries such as China and India. In 2009, over 37 GW of new wind capacity were installed over the world, bringing the total wind capacity to 158 GW. There is no doubt that wind power will play a major role as the world moves towards a sustainable energy future.
This book provides engineers and researchers in both the wind power industry and energy research community with comprehensive, up-to-date, and advanced design techniques and practical approaches. The topics addressed in this book involve the major concerns in wind power generation and wind turbine design and include the more recent developments in wind power generation. This book is a useful and timely contribution to the wind technical community and is suitable as a textbook for both undergraduate and graduate students.
