WIND ENERGY PERSPECTIVES: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

Wind Energy is a very important and promising subject at the moment, because it is one of the alternatives for sustainable development of energy generation, even though it is not 100% sustainable, due to some factors. The objective of this work is through bibliometric analysis on Wind Energy, which is the analysis that collects important data for a mathematical or even statistical interpretation of the data in the database, measuring or quantifying them, to have an idea of ​​past and present research and to try to arrive at what future research on this subject of Wind Energy will be. In this way, we will know quantitatively which countries publish the most on Wind Energy, in which years they had the most publications on Wind Energy, so with this information we will know if Wind Energy is a new, old, or older subject, but better developed now in technological advances, or if this subject, which is very specific, has several researches, it is specific, even so, it depends on several other concepts. This analysis is also to understand if there is a lot of interest in this subject or if studies on this subject are still in their infancy. The objective is also to propose solutions to wind turbine problems and propose a project to increase the transformation of mechanical energy caused by turbines into electrical energy, which is the final product. The methodology was through bibliometric analysis using the Web of Science platform as a source of data collection, as it is an English database. The research topic was Wind Energy in English and not Wind Energy in Portuguese. Additional studies and knowledge of the author were also part of the methodology. The result was that the country that researches the most about Wind Energy is China and that research began to have a greater volume from 2010 onwards. Wind Energy has existed for a long time, but the Energy Transformation considered with wind energy has only recently become viable. The conclusion was that the great powers such as China and the United States research more about this topic, but the number of research in all countries is still not enough to make the production of wind energy into electricity a great alternative means with great potential for generating energy. The database is only quantitative, and there is no way to give depth to the work.