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This introductory chapter summarizes the scope of the book, gives an overview on the existing literature and makes a few notes on the history and the potential of the generation of electricity from wind energy.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    http://www.gwec.net/global-figures/graphs/ (read 26 April 2017).

  2. 2.

    https://www.worldenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/WECJ4713_Resources_ShortReport_311016_FINAL_corr4_WEB.pdf (read 7 March 2017).

  3. 3.

    https://www.energy-charts.de/energy_de.htm (read 7 March 2017).

  4. 4.

    https://www.energy-charts.de/power_inst_de.htm (read 18 December 2017).

  5. 5.

    https://www.energy-charts.de/power_inst_de.htm (read 18 December 2017).

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Emeis, S. (2018). Introduction. In: Wind Energy Meteorology. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72859-9_1

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