AccScience Publishing / AJWEP / Volume 17 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.3233/AJW200017
RESEARCH ARTICLE

A Critical Review of Wind Energy Based Power  Generation Systems

Shashi Gandhar1* Jyoti Ohri1 Mukhtiar Singh2
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1 National Institute of Technology, Kurushetra, India
2 Delhi Technical University, New Delhi, India
AJWEP 2020, 17(2), 29–36; https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW200017
Submitted: 26 February 2020 | Revised: 4 March 2020 | Accepted: 4 March 2020 | Published: 7 May 2020
© 2020 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

Wind energy based power generation is globally popular as renewable source of energy and nowadays it is bridging the gap of increasing energy demand of world. It is termed as one of the best solution to the usage reduction of fossil fuels and in turned fighting with the problem of global warming.

The presented manuscript not only enumerates the significance of wind power but also highlights the important issues associated with wind energy based power plants: important ones are social and environmental. A case study is also presented in the paper modeled as wind energy generation system. Researchers and scientists are welcomed to provide the solutions to these highlighted issues so that these solutions can be used worldwide. This will make wind energy more popular and will be promoted exponentially.

Keywords
Wind energy
renewable energy sources
environment factors
social issues
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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