This book covers the full range of engineering topics from harvesting energy from the wind through to transmission and connection to the National Grid.
Simon I. Hogg is Professor in the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences and DONG Energy Professor in Renewable Energy at Durham University, UK. He was the PI of the £4.8m EPSRC SUPERGEN Wind 2 Consortium and holds a number of industrially-funded research grants on new turbine technologies.
Christopher J. Crabtree is a Lecturer in Wind Energy Systems in the School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Durham University, UK. He acted as project management assistant to the EPSRC SUPERGEN Wind Energy Technologies Consortium.
1. Wind Resource 2. Environmental Interaction 3. Reliability and Condition Monitoring 4. Turbine Blade Materials and Modelling 5. Offshore Turbine Array Electrical Connection and Transmission 6. Wind Turbine Control 7. Assessment of Operation and Maintenance Strategies