Reliability is critical to the design, operation, maintenance, and performance assessment
and improvement of wind turbines (WTs). This paper systematically reviews publicly …

This work presents a comprehensive review and discussion of the identification of critical
components of the currently installed and next generation of offshore wind turbines. A …

Energy is a vital input for social and economic development. As a result of the generalization
of agricultural, industrial and domestic activities the demand for energy has increased …

This paper introduces a method to improve the primary frequency contribution of grid
connected variable speed wind turbine generators (WTGs). Using their energy reserve …

Performance (availability and yield) and reliability of wind turbines can make the difference
between success and failure of wind farm projects and these factors are vital to decrease the …

Designing cost-effective inspection and maintenance programmes for wind energy farms is
a complex task involving a high degree of uncertainty due to diversity of assets and their …

A microgrid energy management framework for the optimization of individual objectives of
microgrid stakeholders is proposed. The framework is exemplified by way of a microgrid that …

To date, most of the existing wind farms have been built on-land but during the last few years
many countries have also invested in offshore applications. The shift towards offshore wind …

Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) has been extensively used by wind turbine
assembly manufacturers for analyzing, evaluating and prioritizing potential/known failure …

This paper proposes approaches to determine the optimal maintenance schedules for
offshore wind system such that maintenance cost is minimized. The proposed approaches …