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The use of wind energy to generate electricity is now well accepted with a large industry manufacturing and installing thousands of MWs of new capacity each year. Although there are exciting new developments, particularly in very large wind turbines, and many challenges remain, there is a considerable body of established knowledge concerning the science and technology of wind turbines. This book is intended to record some of this knowledge and to present it in a form suitable for use by students (at final year undergraduate or post-graduate level) and by those involved in the design, manufacture or operation of wind turbines. The overwhelming majority of wind turbines presently in use are horizontal-axis, land- SCOPE OF THE BOOK 7 based turbines connected to a large electricity network. These turbines are the subject of this book.