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This introductory Chapter gives, after the definition of wind energy, an overview of the scope and the structure of the book. This is accompanied by some remarks on the existing literature on this subject as well as by a few notes on the history, the global potential and the present status of wind energy usage.
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Emeis, S. (2013). Introduction. In: Wind Energy Meteorology. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30523-8_1
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