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Abbreviations<br />

A<br />

ABB Asea Brown Boveri<br />

AC Alternat<strong>in</strong>g current<br />

AEC Aeroelastic Code<br />

AFC Alkal<strong>in</strong>e fuel cell<br />

AM Active management<br />

ANN Artificial neural network<br />

ATC Available transfer capacity<br />

ATP Alternative Transient Program<br />

AWEA American <strong>W<strong>in</strong>d</strong> Energy Association<br />

AWPT Advanced <strong>W<strong>in</strong>d</strong> <strong>Power</strong> Prediction Tool<br />

AWTS Atlantic <strong>W<strong>in</strong>d</strong> Test Site (Canada)<br />

B<br />

BEM Blade element momentum (method)<br />

BJT Bipolar junction transistor<br />

C<br />

CAD Computer-aided design<br />

CANWea Canadian <strong>W<strong>in</strong>d</strong> Energy Association<br />

CA-OWEA Concerted Action on Offshore <strong>W<strong>in</strong>d</strong> Energy <strong>in</strong> Europe<br />

CBA Cost–benefit analysis<br />

CEC California energy Commission<br />

CEDRL CANMET Energy Diversification Research Laboratory<br />

CENELEC Comite´ Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique<br />

CF Capacity factor<br />

CGH 2<br />

Compressed gaseous hydrogen<br />

CHP Comb<strong>in</strong>ed heat and power (also known as co-generation)<br />

CIGRE´ Conseil International des Grands Re´ seaux E´ lectriques<br />

COE Cost of energy<br />

<strong>W<strong>in</strong>d</strong> <strong>Power</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Power</strong> <strong>Systems</strong> Edited by T. Ackermann<br />

Ó 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd ISBN: 0-470-85508-8 (HB)<br />

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