Long-term Research Challenges in Wind Energy - A Research Agenda by the European Academy of Wind Energy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: van Kuik, Gijs (Editor), Peinke, Joachim (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Research Topics in Wind Energy, 6
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; International relations.; Mechanical engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Physics of Energy Technology.; Mechanical Engineering.; International Relations.

This book presents the view of European wind energy experts on the long-term research challenges to be solved in order to develop wind energy beyond the applications of today and tomorrow. By this book, the European Academy of Wind Energy (eawe), representing universities and institutes with a signi...

Table of Contents:

• Materials and structures
• Wind and turbulence
• Aerodynamics
• Control
• Electromechanical conversion
• Reliability and uncertainty modelling
• Design methods
• Hydrodynamics, soil characteristics and floating wind turbines
• Offshore environmental aspects
• Wind energy in the electric power system
• Societal and economic aspects of wind energy.