With the rapid growth of wind energy worldwide, challenges in the operation and control of wind turbine systems are becoming increasingly important. These affect all parts of the system, and require an integrated approach to optimize safety, cost, integrity and survivability of the system, while retaining the desired performance quality.

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Wave loads on monopile-supported offshore wind turbines: current methods and future challenges
• Chapter 3: Numerical and experimental tools for small wind turbine load analysis
• Chapter 4: Structural control concept for load reduction of offshore wind turbines
• Chapter 5: Advanced control of wind turbine system
• Chapter 6: Toward farm-level health management of wind turbine systems: status and scope for improvements
• Chapter 7: Health monitoring of wind turbine: data-based approaches
• Chapter 8: Fault diagnostics for electrically operated pitch systems in offshore wind turbines
• Chapter 9: Magnetic bearing for wind turbine power generator shaft: an emulator prototype design for vibration control
• Chapter 10: Condition monitoring and diagnostics of wind turbine power train
• Chapter 11: Robust fuzzy fault tolerant control wind energy system subject to actuator and sensor faults