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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

29 Jun 2026

On the effects of wind shear and veer on the power of a downstream turbine

Carlo Rosario Sucameli, Marta Bertelè, Robert Braunbehrens, Filippo Campagnolo, Simone Tamaro, Paul Hulsman, and Carlo Luigi Bottasso

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-93,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-93, 2026

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

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29 Jun 2026

Brief communication: Enhanced wind turbine fatigue load estimation using digital shadows with data-driven bias correction

Hadi Hoghooghi and Carlo L. Bottasso

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-102,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-102, 2026

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

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29 Jun 2026

Performance of reanalysis and mesoscale models off the coast of Hawai'i

Lindsay M. Sheridan, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Tien Manh Nguyen, Yi-Leng Chen, William I. Gustafson Jr., Ye Liu, Feng Hsiao, Rob K. Newsom, Preston Spicer, Evgueni Kassianov, Mikhail Pekour, Nicola Bodini, and Mark Severy

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 2257–2285, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2257-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2257-2026, 2026

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25 Jun 2026

Fatigue-constrained gradient-based design optimization of main bearing–shaft systems for floating wind turbine drivetrains

Vasudev Gupta and Amir R. Nejad

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-105,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-105, 2026

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

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22 Jun 2026

Graph neural operator for wind farm wake flow

Jens Peter Schøler, Frederik Peder Weilmann Rasmussen, Julian Quick, and Pierre-Elouan Réthoré

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 2229–2256, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2229-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2229-2026, 2026

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