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Vittal, V. and Ayyanar, R., Grid Integration and Dynamic Impact of Wind Energy, Springer, 2012148 pages, ISBN 978-1-4419-9323-6Reviewed by D. Subbaram Naidu, Idaho State University (formerly Book Review Editor: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control; Wiley International Journals of Robust and Nonlinear Control and Optimal Control: Applications and Methods, Elsevier International Journal Mechatronics: The Science of Intelligent Machines, and Reviewer for Amazon.com).Wind energy, as one of the alternative energy resources, has recently received a lot of attention by academicians, professionals and industry. The present volume integrates the wind energy and electric grid, by short presentations of various related topics of dynamic models and performance of wind generators, power converters, and controllers. A very appealing feature of this book is the focus on real world problems in wind energy and simulations using academic and industry standard software such as MATLAB, SIMULINK, and PLECS .The book is of interest to engineers and researchers in wind energy and graduate students working in renewable energy. It is a welcome addition to the host of books on wind energy such as [1,2].References[1] Munteanu, I., Bratcu, A.I., Cutululis, N.-A., Ceanga, E., Optimal Control of Wind Energy Systems, Springer 2008[2] Muyeen, S.M. (Ed.), Wind Energy Conversion Systems, Springer, 2012
