Table of Contents
1.5 Challenges Facing the Wind Turbine Industry
Part II: Wind Resource and Wind Energy Worldwide
Chapter 2. Wind Power Fundamentals
2.1 Wind Physics Basics: What Is Wind and How Wind Is Generated
2.2 Wind Types: Brief Overview of Wind Power Meteorology
2.3 Fundamental Equation of Wind Power: Kinetic Energy Flux and Wind Power Density
2.4 Wind Power Capture: Efficiency in Extracting Wind Power
Chapter 3. Estimation of Wind Energy Potential and Prediction of Wind Power
3.2 Principles for Successful Development for a Wind Assessment Program
3.3 Main Aspects of a Wind Assessment Program
3.4 Estimating Wind Power Based on Wind Speed Measurements
3.5 Wind Resource Estimation Project: Scope and Methods
3.6 Further Considerations for Wind Speed Assessment
3.7 Wind Speed and Power Forecasting
Chapter 4. Global Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity
Chapter 5. The Future of Wind Energy Development in China
5.2 Wind Energy Development in China
5.3 Wind Energy Development in China: Barriers and Drivers
5.4 The Future of Wind Energy Development in China
6.1 Integration of Renewables in Germany and Europe
6.2 Onshore and Offshore Wind Development
6.3 Network Operation and Grid Development
6.4 Further Research and Development for Wind Power Integration
Part III: Wind Turbine Technology
Chapter 7. History of Harnessing Wind Power
7.2 Wind Machines in Antiquity
7.3 Islamic Civilization Windmills
7.4 Medieval European Windmills
7.5 Aegean and Mediterranean Windmills
7.6 Dutch and European Windmills
Chapter 8. Wind Turbine Technologies
8.2 Overview of Wind Turbine Components
8.3 Contemporary Wind Turbine Technologies
Chapter 9. Aerodynamics and Design of Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines
9.2 A Short Description on How a Wind Turbine Works
9.4 Blade Element Momentum Method
9.5 Use of Steady Blade Element Momentum Method
9.7 Unsteady Loads and Fatigue
9.8 Brief Description of Design Process
Chapter 10. Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: Farm and Turbine Design
10.1 Vertical Axis Wind Turbines History
Chapter 11. Multielement Airfoils for Wind Turbines
11.4 Multielement Wind Turbine Blades
11.5 Other Multielement Wind Turbine Research
Chapter 12. Civil Engineering Aspects of a Wind Farm and Wind Turbine Structures
12.2 Wind Farm and Fukushima Nuclear disaster
12.4 General Arrangement of a Wind Farm
12.5 Choice of Foundations for a Site
12.7 Site Layout, Spacing of Turbines, and Geology of the Site
13.1 Offshore Wind Potential in China
13.2 Dynamic Sensitivity of OWT Structures
13.3 Dynamic Issues in Support Structure Design
13.4 Types and Nature of the Loads Acting on the Foundations
13.5 Ground Conditions in Chinese Waters
13.6 A Note on SLS Design Criteria
13.7 Challenges in Analysis of Dynamic Soil–Structure Interaction
Chapter 14. Numerical Methods for SSI Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations
14.2 Types of Numerical Analysis
14.3 Example Application of Numerical Analysis to Study SSI of Monopile
Chapter 15. Reliability of Wind Turbines
Chapter 16. Practical Method to Estimate Foundation Stiffness for Design of Offshore Wind Turbines
16.2 Methods to Estimate Foundation Stiffness
16.3 Obtaining Foundation Stiffness From Standard and Advanced Method
16.4 Discussion and Application of Foundation Stiffness
Chapter 17. Physical Modeling of Offshore Wind Turbine Model for Prediction of Prototype Response
17.2 Physical Modeling of OWTs
17.3 Scaling Laws for OWTs Supported on Monopiles
17.4 Scaling Laws for OWTs Supported on Multipod Foundations
Part IV: Generation of Electricity
Chapter 18. Energy and Carbon Intensities of Stored Wind Energy
18.2 Key Characteristics for Storage
18.3 Net Energy Analysis of Storing and Curtailing Wind Resources
18.4 The Carbon Footprint of Storing Wind Energy
Chapter 19. Small-Scale Wind Turbines
19.2 The Fundamental Concern for Micro-Wind: The Wind Resource
19.3 Building Mounted Turbines
19.4 The Future for Micro-Wind
Chapter 20. Integration Into National Grids
20.1 Wind Integration: What it Means and Why We Need it
20.2 Current/Standard Measures for Wind Integration
Part V: Environmental Impacts of Wind Energy
Chapter 22. Environmental and Structural Safety Issues Related to Wind Energy
22.2 Wind-Energy-Induced Environmental Issues and Countermeasures
22.3 Structural Safety Studies for Wind Turbine Towers
Chapter 23. Wind Turbines and Landscape
23.4 Technological Advancement
23.5 The Perception of Wind Farms
23.6 Landscapes With Power Generation Objects
23.7 What Are the Effects of wind Farms on our Landscape?
Chapter 24. Global Rare Earth Supply, Life Cycle Assessment, and Wind Energy
24.1 Background of Rare Earth Elements
24.4 Life Cycle Assessment of the Use of REE Magnets in Wind Turbines
24.5 Global Wind Energy Projections
Part VI: Financial Modeling/Wind Economics
Chapter 25. Economics of Wind Power Generation
25.3 Wind Energy Cost Analysis
25.4 Levelized Cost of Electricity
25.6 Straight Line Depreciation
25.10 Land Rents, Royalties, and Project Profitability
25.12 Benchmark Wind Turbine Present Value Cost Analysis
25.13 Incentives and Subsidies
25.14 Wind Turbine Present Value Cost Analysis Accounting for the PTC
25.15 Accounting for the PTC as Well as Depreciation and Taxes
Part VII: Investment, Growth Trends, and the Future of Wind Energy
Chapter 26. Growth Trends and the Future of Wind Energy
26.1 Introduction: Global Status of Wind Power (on- and Offshore) in 2015