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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: 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

12 Oct 2026

Sub-minute fatigue monitoring for enhanced lifetime assessment of wind turbines

Catarina Miranda Oliveira, André Biscaya, João Pedro Santos, Elsa Caetano, and Min Xu

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 3841–3862, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3841-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3841-2026, 2026

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12 Oct 2026

Design of a scaled wind turbine model for matching multiple structural load transients under blade-detachment conditions

Hongwen Liu, Qingfu Song, Feng Guo, Lin Yang, Wenhao Xu, Lijun Zhang, and Zhen Gao

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-167,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-167, 2026

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

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12 Oct 2026

Machine learning-based prediction of critical load events in airborne wind energy systems

Monika Pasquali, Oriol Cayon, Spilios Theodoulis, Christophe Farges, Tudor-Bogdan Airimitoaie, Patrick Lanusse, and Roland Schmehl

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-180,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-180, 2026

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

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09 Oct 2026

Fatigue crack growth in elastomers for leading-edge erosion protection of wind turbine blades

Jakob Ilsted Bech and Jamie Engelhardt Simon

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 3803–3821, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3803-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3803-2026, 2026

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09 Oct 2026

Identification of optimal ERA5 model level for wind resource assessments in mountainous terrain

Juan Contreras, Nicole van Lipzig, Esteban Samaniego, and Daniela Ballari

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 3823–3840, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3823-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3823-2026, 2026

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