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Wind Energy Handbook
Third Edition
Tony Burton
Wind Energy Consultant, London, UK
Nick Jenkins
Cardiff University, UK
Ervin Bossanyi
DNV GL, Bristol, UK
David Sharpe
Wind Energy Consultant, Essex, UK
Michael Graham
Imperial College, London, UK
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Names: Burton, Tony, 1947- author. | Jenkins, Nick, 1954- author. | Bossanyi, Ervin, author. | Sharpe, David, author. | Graham, Michael, author.
Title: Wind energy handbook / Tony Burton, Nick Jenkins, Ervin Bossanyi, David Sharpe, Michael Graham.
Description: Third edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020036473 (print) | LCCN 2020036474 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119451099 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119451150 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119451167 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Wind power‐Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Classification: LCC TJ820 .B869 2021 (print) | LCC TJ820 (ebook) | DDC 621.31/2136‐dc23
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About the Authors
Tony Burton: After an early career in long‐span bridge design and construction, Tony Burton joined the Wind Energy Group (WEG) in 1982 to coordinate Phase IIB of the Offshore Wind Energy Assessment for the UK Department of Energy. This was a collaborative project involving British Aerospace, GEC, and the CEGB, which had the task of producing an outline design and costing of a 100 m diameter wind turbine in a large offshore array. Following this, he worked on the design development for the UK prototype 3 MW turbine, before moving to Orkney to supervise its construction and commissioning. In 1992, he moved to Wales to be site engineer for the construction and operation of one of the first UK wind farms at