Electrical drives for direct drive renewable energy systems / edited by Markus Mueller and Henk Polinder.

Electrical generators for direct drive systems: a technology overview / M. Mueller and A. Zavvos -- Principles of electrical design of permanent magnet generators for direct drive renewable energy systems / H. Polinder -- Electrical, thermal and structural generator design and systmes integration for direct drive renewable energy systems / A. McDonald, M. Mueller, and A. Zavvos -- An overview of power electronic converter technology for renewable energy systems / Z. Chen -- Power electronic convertor systems for direct drive renewable energy applications / Z. Chen -- Wind turbine drive systems: a commercial overview / E. De Vries -- Case study of the permanent magnet direct drive generator in the Zephyros wind turbine / A. Jassal, K. Versteegh, and H. Polinder -- Direct drive wave energy conversion systems: an introduction / M. Prado and H. Polinder -- Case study of the Archimedes wave swing (AWS) direct drive wave energy pilot plant / M. Prado and H. Polinder -- Application of high-temperature superconducting machines to direct drive renewable energy systems / O. Keysan.