8.1 Introduction8.2 Environmental Impact8.2.1 Noise and Visual Impact8.2.2 Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Land, and Water Use8.2.3 Bird and Bat Fatalities8.3 Power and Energy of Wind8.4 Coefficient of Performance8.5 Aerodynamics8.6 Wind Characteristics8.6.1 Wind Generation8.6.2 Distribution of Wind8.6.3 Wind Speed Increasing with Height8.6.4 Log Law Wind Speed Profile8.6.5 Power Law Wind Speed Profile8.6.6 Probability of Observing a Given Wind Speed8.7 Turbine Performance8.7.1 Control Schemes8.8 Levelized Cost of Energy for a Wind Turbine8.9 Wind Farms8.10 Offshore Wind Energy8.11 System Advisor Model for Wind Farm Analysis8.12 Additional Topics for StudyAcknowledgmentProblemsReferences