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

28 Jul 2026
OptiWindNet RouteSets: a solver-diverse benchmark dataset for the offshore wind-farm cable routing problem
Mauricio Souza de Alencar, Tuhfe Göçmen, and Nicolaos A. Cutululis
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-124,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-124, 2026
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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28 Jul 2026
Dual-Doppler Radar Characterization during the Krummendeich Field Experiment: A Campaign Overview and Performance Assessment
Arianna Marie Jordan, Lin-Ya Hung, Gerrit Wolken-Möhlmann, and Julia Gottschall
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-114,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-114, 2026
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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28 Jul 2026
A numerical study of the influence of terrain on wakes, blockage, wind farm efficiency, and turbine efficiency
James Bleeg and Christiane Montavon
Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 2695–2721, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2695-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2695-2026, 2026
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27 Jul 2026
Large-eddy simulation of airborne wind energy systems flying in turbulent wind using model predictive control
Jean-Baptiste Crismer, Thomas Haas, Matthieu Duponcheel, and Grégoire Winckelmans
Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 2669–2694, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2669-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2669-2026, 2026
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24 Jul 2026
Wake-resolving acoustic tomography: advances through numerical covariance methods
Nicholas Hamilton and Shreyas Bidadi
Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 2621–2645, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2621-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2621-2026, 2026
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