Future Prospects of Wind Power Development

Power converters for wind turbines: Current and future development

The wind turbine generator system requires a power conditioning circuit called power converter that is capable of adjusting the generator frequency and voltage to the grid. Several types of converter topologies have been developed in the last decades; each of them has some advantages and disadvantages. Mainly two converter topologies are currently used in the commercial wind turbine generator s...

Small Hydro-Power Plants in Kenya: A Review of Status, Challenges and Future Prospects

Small Hydro-power Plants (SHP) are an important source of electricity in many countries. However, little is known about SHP in Kenya. This paper reviews the status, challenges in implementation of SHP and prospects for future development of SHP in Kenya. The paper shows that SHP has not yet fully utilized the available hydro-power potential. The challenges associated with SHP development should...

Development and future prospects of terahertz technology*

Wind Power Development in Europe

More than 70% of the total worldwide electricity-generating wind turbines (17 500 MW total) has been installed in Europe. Of these, 3500 MW were installed in 2000 alone, continuing an impressive pace of development over the last several years. At the same time, the European wind manufacturing industry is booming with two-thirds of the world market share. These remarkable developments are attrib...

The State of Islamic Finance: Post-crisis and Future Prospects

The main purpose of this paper is to trace epistemological roots of conventional and Islamic finance. Based on an extensive literature review, this paper aims to highlight, explain, and discuss an ideal conventional and Islamic financial system. The ideal conventional financial system is discussed in light of various writings by Smith and Arrow, based on Arrow-Debreu model. On the other ...