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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.

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

04 Aug 2026

Integrated Wind Farm Layout Optimization Accounting for Wake-Induced Blade Fatigue and Wake-Steering Effects on LCOE

Patrick Erik Marcel De Smet, Georg Jacobs, Dustin Frings, Leon Schenke, Stefan Witter, Thorsten Reichartz, and Martin Knops

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-130,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-130, 2026

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

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04 Aug 2026

Fostering open science through a digital open innovation platform – structural health monitoring case study

Sarah Barber, Shun Wang, Francesc Pozo, Yolanda Vidal, Marcela Rodrigues Machado, Amanda Aryda Silva Rodrigues de Sousa, Jefferson da Silva Coelho, Xukai Zhang, Yao-Teng Hu, Arash Noshadravan, Theodoros Varouxis, Mahmoud Abdelhak, Ramin Ghiasi, and Abdollah Malekjafarian

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 2801–2816, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2801-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2801-2026, 2026

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03 Aug 2026

Grand challenges in designing resilient wind energy systems in areas prone to tropical cyclones

Georgios Deskos, Jiali Wang, Sanjay Arwade, Murray Fisher, Brian Hirth, Xiaoli Guo Larsén, Julie K. Lundquist, Andrew Myers, Weichiang Pang, William J. Pringle, Robert Rogers, Miguel Sanchez-Gomez, Chao Sun, Atsushi Yamaguchi, and Paul Veers

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 2749–2782, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2749-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2749-2026, 2026

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03 Aug 2026

Impact of atmospheric stability and turbulence on wind turbine wake characteristics: a nacelle lidar study

Julia Menken and Norman Wildmann

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 2783–2800, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2783-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2783-2026, 2026

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30 Jul 2026

Low-Frequency Fatigue monitoring using nacelle-mounted accelerometers

Mustapha Chaar, Wout Weijtjens, and Christof Devriendt

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-133,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-133, 2026

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

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