**Paweł Ligęza**

Paweł Ligęza, Ph.D., D.Sci., born in 1959 in Krakow, Poland, is the Head of the Laboratory of Flow Metrology in the Strata Mechanics Research Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow. He graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, IT and Electronics of the AGH University of Science and Technology (1983) with M. Eng. degree. Ph.D. was conferred to him in the SMRI of PAS (1993) and D.Sc. in the AGH University of Science and Technology (2002). The title of the Professor of technical sciences he obtained in 2011. Paweł Ligęza's research interests include metrology, electronics, mechanics, mechatronics, computer sciences, mining sciences, modeling and control, especially measurement systems design with application to flow metrology. He is an expert in anemometry. He published over 200 scientific papers of a domestic and international range, 20 patents and 5 monographs. He was awarded with the Golden Cross of Merit by the President of the Republic of Poland. He go<sup>t</sup> the Research Award of the VII Department PAS Scientific Secretary twice. He is interesting in cognitive science, and his main hobby is amateur radio (SP9IIG).

## *Review* **Basic, Advanced, and Sophisticated Approaches to the Current and Forecast Challenges of Wind Energy**

**Paweł Lig ˛eza**

> Strata Mechanics Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Reymonta 27, 30-059 Krakow, Poland; ligeza@imgpan.pl

**Abstract:** The article is a synthetic review of contemporary wind energy issues. It was created on the basis of a survey of literature from the last two years, with mainly review articles. This work is intended to be a source of information for a wide group of scientists and students from various fields. The aim is to interest them in a wide range of topics related to wind energy and wind turbines. This may allow for the selection of an area and the undertaking of research in this interesting and future-oriented field.

**Keywords:** wind energy; wind turbines; development; operation; maintenance; monitoring; challenges
