Wind energy is gaining increasing importance throughout the world. This fast development of wind energy technology and of the market has large implications for a number
of people and institutions: for instance, for scientists who research and teach future wind
power, and electrical engineers at universities; for professionals at electric utilities who
really need to understand the complexity of the positive and negative effects that wind
energy can have on the power system; for wind turbine manufacturers; and for developers of wind energy projects, who also need that understanding in order to be able to
develop feasible, modern and cost-effective wind energy projects
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