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Urban Wind Energy: A Wind Engineering and Wind Energy Cross-Roads

Authors : T. Stathopoulos, H. Alrawashdeh

Published in: Proceedings of the XV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Renewable energy reliance and the need to exploit renewable energy resources become an important focus of society. Wind engineering has developed significantly and has contributed to the study of significant aspects of wind energy, particularly in the area of the so-called urban wind energy. This review paper seeks to correlate the characteristics of wind engineering field and wind energy technology by analysing the contributions made in the areas of wind resource assessment in urban areas; examining the current practices in the utilization of wind turbine technologies and future prospects; as well as discussing the attempts to optimize the performance of microgeneration in the urban environment.

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Metadata
Title
Urban Wind Energy: A Wind Engineering and Wind Energy Cross-Roads
Authors
T. Stathopoulos
H. Alrawashdeh
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Proceedings of the XV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-12814-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-12815-9

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12815-9_1

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