The offshore wind sector's trend towards larger turbines,bigger wind farm projects and greater distance to shore has acritical impact on grid connection requirements for offshore windpower plants. This important reference sets out the fundamentalsand latest innovations in electrical systems and control strategiesdeployed in offshore electricity grids for wind powerintegration.Includes:* All current and emerging technologies for offshore windintegration and trends in energy storage systems, fault limiters,superconducting cables and gas-insulated transformers* Protection of offshore wind farms illustrating numerous systemintegration and protection challenges through case studies* Modelling of doubly-fed induction generators (DFIG) andfull-converter wind turbines structures together with anexplanation of the smart grid concept in the context of windfarms* Comprehensive material on power electronic equipment employedin wind turbines with emphasis on enabling technologies (HVDC,STATCOM) to facilitate the connection and compensation oflarge-scale onshore and offshore wind farms* Worked examples and case studies to help understand the dynamicinteraction between HVDC links and offshore wind generation* Concise description of the voltage source converter topologies,control and operation for offshore wind farm applications* Companion website containing simulation models of the casesdiscussed throughoutEquipping electrical engineers for the engineering challenges inutility-scale offshore wind farms, this is an essential resourcefor power system and connection code designers and pratitionersdealing with integation of wind generation and the modelling andcontrol of wind turbines. It will also provide high-level supportto academic researchers and advanced students in power andrenewable energy as well as technical and research staff intransmission and distribution system operators and in wind turbineand electrical equipment manufacturers.