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1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps "This book uses academic content and rigor to introduce all relevant topics, from global wind resource and historical background, through to modern electricity generation and distribution, including the topical subject area of offshore systems"-- Introduction -- Wind energy and planet earth -- Winds of the world -- From windmills to wind turbines -- Power, energy and performance -- Coming up to date -- Capturing the wind -- Wind speed and power -- Wild wind -- Introductory -- Wind statistics -- Mapping and forecasting -- Predicting turbine output -- Wind turbines 00 Turbine types and sizes -- Aerodynamics -- Rotor efficiency and the Betz Limit -- Lift and drag -- Rotor speed -- Rotor blades -- Choosing airfoils -- Stall and pitch control -- Mechanics -- Gearboxes -- Towers -- Vibration and fatigue -- Electrics -- AC electricity -- Generators -- Introductory -- Synchronous generators -- Asynchronous generators -- Squirrel-cage and wound-rotor induction machines -- Doubly-fed induction generators -- Turbine control -- Onshore wind farms -- Introductory -- Siting and spacing -- Monitoring and control -- Moving offshore -- Introductory -- Wind and waves -- Turbines and foundations -- Offshore wind farms -- Case study: Horns rev 2 -- Case study: London array -- Bringing the power ashore -- Grid integration -- Setting the scene -- Connection to the grid -- Grid strength and fault levels -- Electrical quality -- Large-scale wind power -- Introductory -- Intermittency and variability -- Capacity credit and backup generation -- Economics and the environment -- Wind energy economics -- Capital and installation costs -- Operation, maintenance and cash flow -- Environmental aspects -- Introductory -- Landscape and amenity -- Birds, bats and farming -- Seabirds, fish and marine conservation. Paul A. Lynn. Includes bibliographical references and index. Wind power Offshore electric power plants Wind energy conversion systems TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Power Resources General Offshore electric power plants Wind energy conversion systems Wind power TJ820 .L95 2012eb 621.31/2136 Lynn, Paul A. Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2012 (DLC) 2011036308 (OCoLC)744284581 9781119954613 1119954614 9781119954606 1119954606 9781119961420 1119961424 1283295318 9781283295314 10.1002/9781119954613 Wiley InterScience 1E0DB6EF-83A8-4697-A42B-1CFEA231BFCF OverDrive, Inc. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119954613 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119954613 DG1 111117 20171116092437.0 ocn761321905 eng