Wind Turbines by Frede BlaabjergEnglish | PDF | 2018 | 330 Pages | ISBN : N/A | 41.05 MB
Wind energy occupies a leading place among renewable energy sources for electric power system generation. The cumulative installations of wind turbines are continuously growing, and last year the cumulative capacity increased by nearly 11%, to around 539 GW [Wind Energy Systems. Proceedings of the IEEE, 2017], and it is expected to transcend 760 GW by 2020 [Renewables 2018 Global Status Report—REN21]. Today, the global installed renewable generation capacity has passed 2000 GW, where hydro-power counts for around 1000 GW. Moreover, in 2017, the offshore wind power sector had its best year yet and its total capacity increased by 30%. This constant increase in the rapid pace of wind power is due to significant technological achievements in recent years, and it has made it possible to lower the cost of energy dramatically from that coming from wind turbines.