The following topics are dealt with: squirrel cage induction motor; permanent magnet motors; six-phase reluctance DC machine; electrical drive; variable speed wind energy conversion systems; sliding mode power control; two-asymmetric windings; synchronous machine; turbogenerators; surface mounted PM machines; machine failures detection and fault diagnosis; DC generators; rectifierless AC/DC converter; wave energy converter; wind power technology; brushless doubly fed induction generator; magnetic equivalent circuit modeling; electromagnetic energy converters; adaptive control; power flow control; and hybrid electric vehicle.