Wind Energy Science
Wind Energy Science
WES
Open access Public peer review Article level metrics Moderate APCs
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Open access Public peer review Article level metrics Moderate APCs Financial support
Editor-in-chief: Carlo L. Bottasso
Chief editors: Sandrine Aubrun, Nicolaos A. Cutululis, Paul Fleming, Julia Gottschall, Athanasios Kolios, Jakob Mann & Paul Veers
eISSN: WES 2366-7451, WESD 2366-7621

Wind Energy Science is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of studies that take an interdisciplinary perspective of fundamental or pioneering research in wind energy.

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30 Jun 2026 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new institutional agreement with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Please read more.

30 Jun 2026 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new institutional agreement with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Please read more.

07 May 2026 Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues

Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

07 May 2026 Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues

Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

13 Feb 2026 University of Western Ontario partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new agreement with Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario, providing a 50% APC reduction for eligible corresponding authors submitting from 1 January 2026. Please read more.

13 Feb 2026 University of Western Ontario partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new agreement with Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario, providing a 50% APC reduction for eligible corresponding authors submitting from 1 January 2026. Please read more.

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Recent papers

07 Sep 2026
Detailed experimental investigation of the aerodynamics and blade/tower interaction of a 1.5 MW wind turbine in a downwind configuration
Helge Aagaard Madsen, Pietro Bortolotti, Thanasis Barlas, Pourya Nikoueeyan, Christopher Kelley, Claus Brian Munk Pedersen, Per Hansen, Andreas Fischer, Chris Ivanov, Jason Roadman, Jonathan Naughton, Kenneth Brown, Mark Iverson, and Simon Thao
Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 3337–3357, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3337-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3337-2026, 2026
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07 Sep 2026
Annual wake impacts in and between wind farm clusters – Part 2: Comparison of WRF and fast-running engineering wake models
Sara Porchetta, Michael F. Howland, Maxime Lejeune, Ruben Borgers, Sophia Buckingham, and Wim Munters
Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 3295–3319, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3295-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3295-2026, 2026
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07 Sep 2026
Dynamic response and loads analysis of a large offshore wind turbine under low-frequency wind fluctuations
Abdul Haseeb Syed, Ásta Hannesdóttir, and Jakob Mann
Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 3321–3336, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3321-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3321-2026, 2026
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07 Sep 2026
Annual wake impacts in and between wind farm clusters – Part 1: WRF-simulated wake losses for different atmospheric conditions
Sara Porchetta, Wim Munters, Maxime Lejeune, Ruben Borgers, Sophia Buckingham, and Michael F. Howland
Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 3273–3294, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3273-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3273-2026, 2026
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04 Sep 2026
Operational Weather Windows for Offshore Wind in the Taiwan Strait: Long-Term Variability, Regional Wind Modes, and Climate Linkages
Yi-Hui Wang, Yi-Chi Wang, Wan-Ling Tseng, and Yueh-Shyuan Wu
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-121,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-121, 2026
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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