Wind Energy Development and Utilization (21st Century Sustainable Energy Series)

Author: Zhang Xiliang
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book is one of the series "Sustainable Energy in the 21st Century." Wind energy is an important new and renewable energy source. China has abundant wind energy resources and vast development prospects. The book introduces the principles and technologies of wind energy's main utilization form—wind power generation, discusses the current status and trends of global wind power development, and elaborates on the role of wind energy development and utilization in achieving sustainable socio-economic development and environmental protection. It also provides chapters on the practices and experiences of wind energy development and utilization in China, the European Union, the United States, and India, as well as the main policy instruments and institutional arrangements that encourage wind energy development and utilization. This book is suitable for researchers, managers, and others engaged in new and renewable energy, especially wind energy.