Fundamentals of Wind Energy I

This course introduces the topic of offshore wind energy by going through the main steps that a wind farm developer needs to achieve in order to build an offshore wind farm. The main topics cover in the course are:

- Historical developments in wind energy

- Wind energy harvesting and Betz limit

- Offshore wind and wave conditions

- Estimation of the energy yield

- Design considerations for wind turbine farms

- Economic aspects

- Planning issues

- Emerging concepts such as floating wind turbines