A Review of Micro Wind Turbines in the Built Environment

As distributed small-scale generate system integrated into built environment, micro wind turbines are being on the way to commercial market. But there is complexity in small-scale wind system differed from traditional wind system because of the particularity of built environment. This paper provides an overall review of micro wind turbines research in the built environment. The configuration forms, key technical problems and the application prospect of micro wind turbine in built environment are reviewed. This review aims at providing researchers and government a better understanding of application of micro wind turbines in the built environment and taking further proper actions to promote the development of wind energy in built environment.