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In this chapter, we discuss the different types of wind turbines and the basic technical aspects of large wind turbines for electricity generation. We analyse the performance of wind turbines and discuss their adaptation to a wind regime.
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Dick, E. (2015). Wind Turbines. In: Fundamentals of Turbomachines. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 109. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9627-9_10
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