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: 2366-7451

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.

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.

09 Feb 2026 Wind Energy Science turns 10!

We are proud to announce the publication of a special editorial celebrating the first decade of Wind Energy Science. This milestone is a tribute to the vibrant community of authors, reviewers, editors, and readers who have shaped the journal into a leading platform for open, rigorous wind energy research. Read the 10th anniversary editorial.

09 Feb 2026 Wind Energy Science turns 10!

We are proud to announce the publication of a special editorial celebrating the first decade of Wind Energy Science. This milestone is a tribute to the vibrant community of authors, reviewers, editors, and readers who have shaped the journal into a leading platform for open, rigorous wind energy research. Read the 10th anniversary editorial.

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Recent papers

16 Oct 2026
A method to assess wind and wave extreme statistics at offshore wind farms exposed to tropical and extratropical cyclones
Jean-François Filipot, Paul Renaud, Marc Prevosto, Fabien Leckler, Clément Pouplin, and Nicolas Raillard
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-162,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-162, 2026
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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16 Oct 2026
Effect of atmospheric stability transition on wind-turbine wake dynamics
Dachuan Feng, Wen Zhang, Minping Wan, and Simon J. Watson
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-184,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-184, 2026
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: upcoming, 0 comments)
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16 Oct 2026
Rain-time operation, not rainfall alone, sets wind turbine blade rain-erosion exposure: synchronized disdrometer and SCADA measurements
Yisheng Liu, Xinchang Jia, Xiaoya Liu, Meng Jin, Fang Liu, and Yafei Li
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-187,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-187, 2026
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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15 Oct 2026
Beyond wind-sector management: optimal wind farm operational planning for balancing fatigue damage and extending lifetime
Niklas Requate, Lukas Vollmer, and René Hofmann
Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 3863–3885, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3863-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3863-2026, 2026
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15 Oct 2026
A multi-stage methodology for wind park inter-array cabling: graph preparation, routing, and sizing
Bernardo Castro Valerio, Pieter M. O. Gebraad, Marc Cheah-Mane, Vinicius A. Lacerda, and Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt
Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 3887–3917, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3887-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3887-2026, 2026
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