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List of contributors -- Preface -- ; Part I. Introduction. Why wind energy? / Trevor M. Letcher -- ; Part II. Wind resource and wind energy worldwide. Wind power fundamentals / Alexander Kalmikov - Estimation of wind energy potential and prediction of wind power / Jing Shi and Ergin Erdem - Global potential for wind-generated electricity / Xi Lu and Michael B. McElroy - The future of wind energy development in China / Pei-yang Guo [and others] - Wind power in the German system - research and development for the transition toward a sustainable energy future / Matthias Luther, Kurt Rohrig, and Wilhelm Winter -- ; Part III. Wind turbine technology. History of harnessing wind power / Magdi Ragheb - Wind turbine technologies / Anca D. Hansen - Aerodynamics and design of horizontal-axis wind turbines / Martin O.L. Hansen - Vertical axis wind turbines: farm and turbine design / Robert Whittlesey - Multielement airfoils for wind turbines / Adam M. Ragheb and Michael S. Selig - Civil engineering aspects of a wind farm and wind turbine structures / Subhamoy Bhattacharya - Civil engineering challenges associated with design of offshore wind turbines with special reference to China / Subhamoy Bhattacharya [and others] - Numerical methods for SSI analysis of offshore wind turbine foundations / Susana Lopez-Querol, Liang Cui, and Subhamoy Bhattacharya - Reliability of wind turbines / Shuangwen Shen and Ryan O'Connor - Practical method to estimate foundation stiffness for design of offshore wind turbines / Saleh Jalbi, Masoud Shadlou, and Subhamoy Bhattacharya - Physical modeling of offshore wind turbine model for prediction of prototype response / Domenico Lombardi, Subhamoy Bhattacharya, and George Nikitas -- ; Part IV. Generation of electricity. Energy and carbon intensities of stored wind energy / Charles J. Barnhart - Small-scale wind turbines / Patrick A.B. James and AbuBakr S. Bahaj - Integration into national grids / Jurgen Weiss and T. Bruce Tsuchida -- ; Part V. Environmental impacts of wind energy. Life cycle assessment: meta-analysis of cumulative energy demand for wind energy technologies / Michael Carbajales-Dale - Environmental and structural safety issues related to wind energy / Kaoshan Dai, Kewei Gao, and Zhenhua Huang - Wind turbines and landscape / Marc van Grieken and Beatrice Dower - Global rare earth supply, life cycle assessment, and wind energy / Zhehan Weng and Gavin M. Mudd -- ; Part VI. Financial modeling/wind economics. Economics of wind power generation / Magdi Ragheb -- ; Part VII. Investment, growth trends, and the future of wind energy. Growth trends and the future of wind energy / Lauha Fried, Shruti Shukla, and Steve Sawyer -- Index.
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Wind energy engineering : a handbook for onshore and offshore wind turbines / / edited by Trevor M. Letcher
