Discusses the global status of wind energy, wind turbine technology, planning wind projects, wind resource assessment, off shore wind energy, major failures in wind turbines, role of lubricants in wind energy, wind energy based desalination processes and plants, environmental and ecological aspects of wind energy, carbon footprint of wind energy, barriers to wind energy, economics of wind energy.
A unique features of the book is chapters on improving wind turbine performance using nanomaterials and wind energy to power agriculture.