1. Introduction
At present, many small island developing states (SIDS) are extremely dependent
on the import of fossil fuels for electricity generation. The effect of high transport
costs for fossil fuel imports, a limited demand for fuels domestically and diseconomies
of scale in electricity production make power production not only extremely
expensive but also bear financial risks in the long term [1–4]. Instead, the use of
wind energy can significantly reduce the combustion of fossil fuel and the consequent
emission of carbon dioxide, a principal cause of the enhanced greenhouse effect. Particularly, with a view on the rapid advancement of wind energy conversion technologies
(WECTs) efficiency and falling purchasing prices over the past decade;
further such improvements are widely anticipated [5–8].