Small Wind Turbines

Auteur
Professor Joe Howe is the Director of the UCLan Centre for Sustainable Development. He has wide-ranging experience of undertaking research and knowledge transfer on the relationship between environmental regulation, stakeholder engagement, public communication of science land use management and spatial planning. Recently he has completed research projects for the UK Environment Agency on the relationship between land use planning and the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive Dr Hall is an academic researcher, sustainability teacher and research and project manager at UCLAN.

Résumé

Small wind turbines focuses on small scale on-shore wind turbines (SWT) bringing together the most recent accumulated research and developments. Covering the technology, design, planning (including radar problems), grid connection, maintenance and condition monitoring of SWT to give a thorough picture of the sector. The book also covers the economics and future applications of wind energy in a smart energy market.

Contenu

1. Introduction (to small wind turbine technology) 2. Design considerations 3. Blade design 4. Electro-mechanical interface 5. Wind resource issues 6. Planning inc radar 7. Grid connection 8. Installation and maintenance 8. Condition monitoring 9. Economics of wind turbines 10. Smart applications/future developments