Wind energy's bestselling textbook- fully revised.This must-have second edition includes up-to-date data,diagrams, illustrations and thorough new material on:* the fundamentals of wind turbine aerodynamics;* wind turbine testing and modelling;* wind turbine design standards;* offshore wind energy;* special purpose applications, such as energy storage and fuelproduction.Fifty additional homework problems and a new appendix on dataprocessing make this comprehensive edition perfect for engineeringstudents.This book offers a complete examination of one of the mostpromising sources of renewable energy and is a great introductionto this cross-disciplinary field for practising engineers."provides a wealth of information and is an excellentreference book for people interested in the subject of windenergy." (IEEE Power & Energy Magazine,November/December 2003)"deserves a place in the library of every university andcollege where renewable energy is taught." (TheInternational Journal of Electrical Engineering Education,Vol.41, No.2 April 2004)"a very comprehensive and well-organized treatment of thecurrent status of wind power." (Choice, Vol. 40, No.4, December 2002)