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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.

15 Jun 2026 The NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications is delighted to announce a new institutional agreement with NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Please read more.

15 Jun 2026 The NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications is delighted to announce a new institutional agreement with NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). 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.

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Recent papers

20 Jul 2026

Experimental investigation of the rotor–tower interaction of a modern multi-megawatt wind turbine

Philipp N. Wölk, Niklas Maroldt, and Joerg R. Seume

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 2479–2494, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2479-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2479-2026, 2026

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20 Jul 2026

Influence of the inflow conditions on the dynamics of a floating wind turbine wake under harmonic surge motion

Dimas Alejandro Barile, Roberto Sosa, Sandrine Aubrun, and Alejandro Daniel Otero

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 2495–2519, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2495-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2495-2026, 2026

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20 Jul 2026

Review on Near-Surface Meteorological Variations Induced by Wind Turbines

Paul Boumendil, Pierre-Antoine Joulin, Quentin Rodier, and Valéry Masson

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-118,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-118, 2026

Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)

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20 Jul 2026

A Two-Step Spatio-Temporal Framework for Turbine-Height Wind Estimation at Unmonitored Sites from Sparse Meteorological Data

Eamonn Organ, Maeve Upton, Denis Allard, Lionel Benoit, and James Sweeney

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-101,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-101, 2026

Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)

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16 Jul 2026

SCADA-based calibration of analytical wake models: uncertainty-aware generalisation across offshore wind farms and the role of atmospheric stability

Diederik van Binsbergen, Pieter-Jan Daems, Timothy Verstraeten, Konstantinos Vratsinis, Amir Nejad, and Jan Helsen

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-120,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-120, 2026

Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)

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