Mohamed A. El-Sharkawi received his undergraduate education from Helwan University, Egypt, and his Ph.D from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He is currently professor of electrical engineering in the energy area at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, where he has also served as the associate chair and the chairman of graduate studies and research. He has published more than 200 research articles, authored four textbooks, and co-authored three research books. An IEEE fellow, Professor El-Sharkawi has been the vice president for technical activities of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and the founding chairman of numerous IEEE task forces, working groups, and subcommittees. He holds five licensed patents related to renewable energy, VAR management, and minimum arc sequential circuit breaker switching.

"Professor El-Sharkawi meets the growing demand from students and engineers interested in, or already working on, issues related to wind generation with a book covering all aspects of wind-power electrical engineering. As with his previous publications, El-Sharkawi succeeds in covering this important topic in great depth and clarity. The material is well presented following a logical development of the relevant topics. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the subject of wind power generation." -Izzy Kerszenbaum, IzzyTech Electrical Power Engineering Consulting & Training, Irvine, California, USA "This book provides a rigorous introduction to the modeling and analysis of the power electronics at the heart of wind energy systems. It will serve as an essential component of modern energy curricula at the undergraduate and graduate levels." -John O. Dabiri, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA "This book is well organized and covers many interesting topics related to grid integration of wind energy systems. It also covers key integration issues e.g. system stability, fault ride-through, variability of wind speed, and reactive power. This text book will be very useful to the engineering students as well as energy professionals." -Prof. Mohan Kolhe, University of Agder (Norway)

• History of the Wind Energy Development. Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines. Wind Statistics. Overview of Wind Turbines. Solid-State Converters. Induction Generator. Synchronous Generator. Type 1 Wind Turbine System. Type 2 Wind Turbine System. Type 3 Wind Turbine System. Type 4 Wind Turbine. Grid Integration.