Wind energy Books

New and Published Books

1. Offshore Renewable Energy

   Accelerating the Deployment of Offshore Wind, Tidal, and Wave Technologies

   By International Energy Authority Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (IEA-RETD)

   Wave, tidal and offshore wind technologies have long held the promise of seemingly limitless energy supplies. In practice, while offshore wind is growing relatively rapidly, all three sectors have lagged behind expectations. This book, from the International Energy Authority Renewable Energy...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
2. Urban Wind Energy

   By Sinisa Stankovic, Neil Campbell, Alan Harries

   Energy security, rising energy prices (oil, gas, electricity), 'peak oil', environmental pollution, nuclear energy, climate change and sustainable living are hot topics across the globe. Meanwhile, abundant and perpetual wind resources offer opportunities, via recent technological developments, to...

   Published July 29th 2009 by Routledge
3. Wind Energy – The Facts

   A Guide to the Technology, Economics and Future of Wind Power

   By European Wind Energy Association

   Wind power is often held up as the most accessible and cost-effective route to reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and improving our energy independence, yet knowledge of what it offers is often clouded by myths and misunderstandings, which can hamper its adoption. This new book, the result of...

   Published March 16th 2009 by Routledge
4. Wind Energy Pocket Reference

   By Niels I. Meyer, Peter Hjuler Jensen, Niels Gylling Mortensen, Flemming Oster

   Series: Energy Pocket Reference

   Prepared and peer-reviewed by some of the foremost experts in the field, this easy-to-use pocket reference offers a wealth of information relating to wind energy and wind energy technologies. Topics covered range from wind resources to wind turbines, covering offshore and onshore power, both...

   Published November 5th 2008 by Routledge
5. Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines

   2nd Edition

   By Martin O. L. Hansen

   Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines is the established essential text for the fundamental solutions to efficient wind turbine design. Now in its second edition, it has been entirely updated and substantially extended to reflect advances in technology, research into rotor aerodynamics and the structural...

   Published December 19th 2007 by Routledge
6. Developing Wind Power Projects

   Theory and Practice

   By Tore Wizelius

   Wind power is developing rapidly, in terms of both the number of new installations and in interest from stakeholders including policy-makers, NGOs, research scientists, industry and the general public. Unlike the majority of other texts on wind power, which are written primarily for engineers or...

   Published November 30th 2006 by Routledge
7. Renewable Energy in the Countryside

   2nd Edition

   By Peter Prag

   Climate Change is high on the political agenda and the UK Government is committed to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. One of the main means of doing so has been by encouraging the production of energy from renewable sources. In 2005, when the first edition of Renewable Energy in the...

   Published November 30th 2006 by Estates Gazette
8. Renewable Energy Resources

   2nd Edition

   By John Twidell, Tony Weir

   Retaining the successful format of the first edition and building on its solid grounding in the principles of renewable energy resources, this second edition has been revised in line with the latest advances in the field to include new technologies and an assessment of their impact. Considering...

   Published November 23rd 2005 by Taylor & Francis