Introduction to Wind Energy Systems: Basics, Technology and Operation [Hardcover]

This monograph addresses the needs of readers interested in wind energy converters. The authors achieve to strike a balance between a concise presentation of the material and a detailed book for experts in the field. The book covers aspects such as design and technical challenges of wind converters, but also policy issues as well as life cycle assessment considerations.?

In the past few decades, growth in the wind energy sector has been most phenomenal among all renewable energy resources. In this context, it is nearly universally agreed that wind energy can definitely play an important part in ensuring a sustainable future.The topic is highly interdisciplinary and requires an accessible format for non-experts. Hence, this compact version is suitable for many students and practitioners who intend to read concisely on wind energy.?

Serving as a first text on wind energy for scientists and for more general but no less interested readers, this book provides an introductory work that combines interdisciplinary scope with a simple, lucid style.Wind Energy Today.- Wind: Origin and Local Effects.- Physics of wind energy.- Components of a wind energy converter.- Design Considerations.- Operation and Control of Wind Energy Converters.- Economics and policy issues.- Life Cycle Assessment of a Wind Farm.- Outlook.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hermann-Josef Wagner?is Professor for Energy Systems and Energy Economics at the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany. He worked as a scientist for the Research Centre Juelich, for the German Parliament and for different universities. His relevant experiences are on the fields on energy systems analysis, renewable energies like wind energy and life cycle analysis. He is engaged as chairman of Energy and Environment in German Association of Engineers. He was also admitted as member by the German Academy of Science Leopoldina. The German President decorated him for his engagement witlc