{"product_id":"onshore-and-offshore-wind-energy-subhamoy-bhattacharya-9781119854470","title":"Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy: Evolution, Grid Integration, and Impact","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHighly accessible and authoritative account of how wind energy is being harnessed to address an ever-pressing environmental demand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnshore and Offshore Wind Energy\u003c\/i\u003e provides an in-depth treatment of wind energy's scientific background, current technology, and international status, with an emphasis on large turbines and wind farms, both onshore and offshore. In the newly revised and fully expanded second edition, the highly qualified authors add on the new dynamics of offshore systems, grid integration, and reliability, and offer guidance on operation and maintenance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text is supported by copious illustrations and roughly 50 inspiring full-color photographs from around the world. To further aid in reader comprehension and information retention, questions and problems with solutions are included in each chapter. An accompanying website includes figures, tables, and exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book is an essential primer for new entrants to the wind industry and to students on undergraduate and graduate courses on renewable energy. It also offers a unique treatise of the sustainability of emerging transformative technologies, which makes it useful to both system analysts and energy policy strategists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOnshore and Offshore Wind Energy\u003c\/i\u003e, readers can expect to find information on: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e● Technology evolution and deployment experiences in China, Taiwan, EU, and US wind farms, plus common access issues\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e● Production and installation, manufacturing and logistics processes, material usage and recycling, and installation techniques\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e● Grid integration with materials on mini-grids and synergies with solar, hydropower, and wave power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e● Life cycle sustainability, recycling, and the role of wind energy in climate and energy justice, plus vertical axes turbines and multi rotor turbines\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eOnshore and Offshore Wind Energy\u003c\/i\u003e is aimed at a wide readership including professionals, policy makers, and employees in the energy sector in need of a basic appreciation of the underlying principles of wind energy or a quick update, along with second and third year undergraduate and postgraduate students.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vasilis M. Fthenakis, Subhamoy Bhattacharya, Paul A. Lynn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1119854474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781119854470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Vasilis M. Fthenakis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44860340044031,"sku":"9781119854470","price":130.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ac8d44a-54aa-4d15-a28b-ffe356edf1a8.jpg?v=1709135866","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/onshore-and-offshore-wind-energy-subhamoy-bhattacharya-9781119854470","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}