Reviews Engineering & Technical Books
I bristled when Vaughn Nelson contacted me for help with his new book Innovative Wind Turbines. Not that it was Vaughn. He’s my mentor and the founder of West Texas A&M University’s Alternative Energy Institute (AEI). Vaughn first taught me the importance of swept area and how to quickly cut through the hype that often surrounds new wind turbines. He’s the physicist I turn to when I have a wind question. And no it wasn’t that he was asking for some photos I’d taken decades ago of obscure wind turbines. It was simply the word “innovative.”
L’éolien au cœur de l’incontournable révolution énergétique is a serious work on wind energy for francophone readers. It is my … Read more
Massive. That’s the first word that comes to mind when picking up the 600-page tome by John Twidell and Tony … Read more
Long-time wind energy advocate Tore Wizelius is one of the Swedish pioneers of the technology. Finally his thoughtful book on … Read more
Wind Power in Power Systems is edited by the very capable Thomas Ackermann. It is a massive 691 pages on … Read more
Ion Paraschivoiu is Aeronautical Chair Professor at École Polytechnique de Montréal and he brings to the cornucopia of new books … Read more
It’s been many years since the publication of new engineering texts on wind energy. But in 2001 a flood of … Read more