Wind resources and future energy security : environmental, social, and economic issues / edited by Muyiwa S. Adaramola, PhD.
Wind power is one of the fastest developing sources of renewable energy. It makes substantial contributions to power grids around the globe, and it promises to play a prominent role in the world's future energy security. Given that reality, there is an ongoing need for research that investigate...
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Boca Raton, FL : Oakville, ON :
CRC Press LLC ; Apple Academic Press,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; About the Editor; Contents; Acknowledgment and How to Cite; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Wind Energy's Potential Assessment in Selected Locations; Chapter 1: Analysis of Wind Speed Data and Wind Energy Potential in Three Selected Locations in South-East Nigeria; Chapter 2: Assessment of the Present and Future Offshore Wind Power Potential: A Case Study in a Target Territory of the Baltic Sea Near the Latvian Coast; Chapter 3: Power Generation Expansion Planning Including Large Scale Wind Integration: A Case Study of Oman.
- Chapter 4: Developing a GIS-Based Visual-Acoustic 3D Simulation for Wind Farm AssessmentPart II: Social, Economic, and Environmental Issues; Chapter 5: Assessment of Wind Power Generation Along the Coast of Ghana; Chapter 6: Assessing Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future; Chapter 7: Socioeconomic Impacts of Wind Farm Development: A Case Study of Weatherford, Oklahoma; Chapter 8: Optimizing Wind Power Generation while Minimizing Wildlife Impacts in an Urban Area.
- Chapter 9: Land Cover and Topography Affect the Land Transformation Caused by Wind FacilitiesChapter 10: Wind Turbines and Human Health; Chapter 11: Public Engagement with Large-Scale Renewable Energy Technologies: Breaking the Cycle of NIMBYism; Part III: Trends and Future Challenges; Chapter 12: Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring: State-of-the-Art Review, New Trends, and Future Challenges; Chapter 13: Overview of Problems in Large-Scale Wind Integrations; Author Notes.