TY - GEN AU - Anderson, Colin TI - Wind turbines: theory and practice SN - 9781108478328 U1 - 621.31 PY - 2020/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Engineering KW - Applied Physics KW - Geostrophic and Gradient Winds KW - Turbulence KW - Weibull Wind Distribution KW - Topographic Factors KW - Blade Element KW - Momentum Theory Correction KW - Dynamic Inflow KW - Torque KW - Pitch Control KW - Power Quality KW - Grid Capacity KW - Harmonics KW - Power Limiting KW - Sector Management KW - Gyroscopic KW - Centrifugal Loads KW - Load Spectra KW - Blade Structure KW - Site Wind Assessment KW - Crane Operations KW - Public Safety KW - Operational Costs N1 - Includes index N2 - On November 8th, 1977, President Jimmy Carter made a televised address to the US nation on the subject of energy. There was a crisis. Political tensions had resulted in an embargo on oil exports from the Middle East, on whose output much of the industrial world then relied. The price of oil, which had been unchanged in real terms since the Second World War, trebled in little over a year. Carter acknowledged America's dependency on oil and outlined a range of measures to encourage energy saving, new fuels, and the production of electricity from renewable sources: for the first time these would include solar and wind power on a large scale ER -