UK Wind Energy Technologies

This book covers the full range of engineering topics from harvesting energy from the wind through to transmission and connection to the National Grid. Specifically the topics are: wind resource assessment, turbine array layout, environmental interactions, control of turbines, drive train reliability and condition monitoring, turbine array electrical connection, power transmission to grid, assessment of operations and maintenance strategies, and the analysis of turbine foundations and structures. Each of these components contributes to the over-riding technical objective of reducing the cost of energy from wind.