Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I Wind Energy's Potential Assessment in Selected Locations. Analysis of Wind Speed Data and Wind Energy Potential in Three Selected Locations in South-East Nigeria / Oyedepo -- Assessment of the Present and Future Offshore Wind Power Potential : A Case Study in a Target Territory of the Baltic Sea Near the Latvian Coast / Lizuma -- Power Generation Expansion Planning Including Large Scale Wind Integration : A Case Study of Oman / Malik -- Developing a GIS-Based Visual-Acoustic 3D Simulation for Wind Farm Assessment / Manyoky -- part II: Social, Economic, and Environmental Issues. Assessment of Wind Power Generation Along the Coast of Ghana / Adaramola -- Assessing Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms : Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future / Bailey -- Socioeconomic Impacts of Wind Farm Development : A Case Study of Weatherford, Oklahoma / Greene -- Optimizing Wind Power Generation while Minimizing Wildlife Impacts in an Urban Area / Bohrer -- Land Cover and Topography Affect the Land Transformation Caused by Wind Facilities / Diffendorfer -- Wind Turbines and Human Health / Knopper -- Public Engagement with Large-Scale Renewable Energy Technologies : Breaking the Cycle of NIMBYism / Devine-Wright -- part III Trends and Future Challenges. Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring : State-of-the-Art Review, New Trends, and Future Challenges / Tchakoua -- Overview of problems in large-scale wind integrations / Yuan.

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