Wind Energy Science
Wind Energy Science
WES
The following lists the preprints and final revised papers published within the last 90 days.
22 Apr 2025
Tall wind profile validation of ERA5, NORA3, and NEWA datasets using lidar observations
Etienne Cheynet, Jan Markus Diezel, Hilde Haakenstad, Øyvind Breivik, Alfredo Peña, and Joachim Reuder
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 733–754, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-733-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-733-2025, 2025
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17 Apr 2025
A semi-empirical model for near sea surface wind speed deficits downstream of offshore wind parks fitted to satellite synthetic aperture radar measurements
Johannes Schulz-Stellenfleth and Bughsin Djath
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-59,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-59, 2025
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15 Apr 2025
Spatial development of planar and axisymmetric wakes of porous objects under a pressure gradient: a wind tunnel study
Wessel van der Deijl, Martín Obligado, Stéphane Barre, and Christophe Sicot
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 719–732, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-719-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-719-2025, 2025
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15 Apr 2025
Experimental study of transonic flow over a wind turbine airfoil
Abhyuday Aditya, Delphine De Tavernier, Ferdinand Schrijer, Bas van Oudheusden, and Dominic von Terzi
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-65,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-65, 2025
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14 Apr 2025
System design and scaling trends in airborne wind energy demonstrated for a ground-generation concept
Rishikesh Joshi, Dominic von Terzi, and Roland Schmehl
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 695–718, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-695-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-695-2025, 2025
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14 Apr 2025
Coriolis Recovery of Wind Farm Wakes
Ronald B. Smith and Brian J. Gribben
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-60,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-60, 2025
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11 Apr 2025
On the influence of cross-sectional deformations on the aerodynamic performance of wind turbine rotor blades
Julia Gebauer, Felix Prigge, Dominik Ahrens, Lars Wein, and Claudio Balzani
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 679–694, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-679-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-679-2025, 2025
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08 Apr 2025
Wind turbine wake dynamics subjected to atmospheric gravity waves: A measurement-driven large-eddy simulation study
Dachuan Feng and Simon Watson
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-52,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-52, 2025
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08 Apr 2025
On the mitigation of detrimental effects via passive flow-control devices in small-scale horizontal-axis wind-turbines operating under turbulence and surface degradation effects
Ander Zarketa-Astigarraga, Uxue Arrieta-Lizarazu, Markel Penalba, Alain Martin-Mayor, and Manex Martinez-Agirre
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-36,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-36, 2025
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08 Apr 2025
Wind dataset assessment and energy estimation for potential future offshore wind farm development areas on the Scotian Shelf
Yongxing Ma, Jinshan Xu, Yongsheng Wu, Michael Z. Li, Ryan Stanley, Brent Law, and Marc Skinner
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-57,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-57, 2025
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07 Apr 2025
Flight guidance concept for the launching and landing phase of a flying wing used in an airborne wind energy system
Dominik Felix Duda, Hendrik Fuest, Tobias Islam, and Dieter Moormann
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 661–678, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-661-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-661-2025, 2025
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07 Apr 2025
On the prediction of underwater aerodynamic noise of offshore wind turbines
Laura Botero-Bolívar, Oscar A. Marino Sánchez, Martín de Frutos, and Esteban Ferrer
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-40,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-40, 2025
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04 Apr 2025
Numerical investigation of regenerative wind farms featuring enhanced vertical energy entrainment
YuanTso Li, Wei Yu, Andrea Sciacchitano, and Carlos Ferreira
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 631–659, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-631-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-631-2025, 2025
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04 Apr 2025
Synchronized Helix Wake Mixing Control
Aemilius Adrianus Wilhelmus van Vondelen, Marion Coquelet, Sachin Tejwant Navalkar, and Jan-Willem van Wingerden
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-51,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-51, 2025
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03 Apr 2025
Evaluating the Impact of Motion Compensation on Turbulence Intensity Measurements from Continuous-Wave and Pulsed Floating Lidars
Warren Watson, Gerrit Wolken-Möhlmann, and Julia Gottschall
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-45,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-45, 2025
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03 Apr 2025
Validation of the near-wake of a scaled X-Rotor vertical-axis wind turbine predicted by a free-wake vortex model
Adhyanth Giri Ajay, David Bensason, and Delphine De Tavernier
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-54,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-54, 2025
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03 Apr 2025
Locating the Optimal Wind Resource within two Californian Offshore Wind Energy Areas
Arka Mitra, Virendra Ghate, and Raghavendra Krishnamurthy
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-55,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-55, 2025
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02 Apr 2025
Impact of atmospheric turbulence on performance and loads of wind turbines: Knowledge gaps and research challenges
Branko Kosović, Sukanta Basu, Jacob Berg, Larry K. Berg, Sue E. Haupt, Xiaoli G. Larsén, Joachim Peinke, Richard J. A. M. Stevens, Paul Veers, and Simon Watson
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-42,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-42, 2025
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01 Apr 2025
Simulating wind farm flows at hub height with 2D Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations
Mads Baungaard, Takafumi Nishino, and Maarten Paul van der Laan
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-50,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-50, 2025
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31 Mar 2025
Wind resources of southeast Australia during peak electricity demand days
Claire Louise Vincent, Adam Nahar, and Kelvin Say
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-44,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-44, 2025
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28 Mar 2025
Hurricane impacts in the United States East Coast offshore wind energy lease areas
Kelsey B. Thompson, Rebecca J. Barthelmie, and Sara C. Pryor
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-37,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-37, 2025
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27 Mar 2025
Fully Coupled High-Resolution Atmosphere-Ocean-Wave Simulations of Hurricane Henri (2021): Implications for Offshore Load Assessments
Chunyong Jung, Pengfei Xue, Chenfu Huang, William Pringle, Mrinal Biswas, Geeta Nain, and Jiali Wang
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-47,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-47, 2025
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25 Mar 2025
A large-eddy simulation analysis of collective wind farm axial-induction set points in the presence of blockage
Théo Delvaux and Johan Meyers
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 613–630, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-613-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-613-2025, 2025
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24 Mar 2025
FastLE: A New Load Extrapolation Method for Site-specific Wind Turbines Using the Load Distribution Meta Model
Pengfei Zhang, Shanshan Guo, Zuoxia Xing, Qingqi Zhao, and Qiang Jin
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-39,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-39, 2025
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21 Mar 2025
Convergence and efficiency of global bases using proper orthogonal decomposition for capturing wind turbine wake aerodynamics
Juan Felipe Céspedes Moreno, Juan Pablo Murcia León, and Søren Juhl Andersen
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 597–611, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-597-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-597-2025, 2025
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21 Mar 2025
Scour variability across offshore wind farms (OWFs): Understanding site-specific scour drivers as a step towards assessing potential impacts on the marine environment
Karen Garcia, Christian Jordan, Gregor Melling, Alexander Schendel, Mario Welzel, and Torsten Schlurmann
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-41,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-41, 2025
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20 Mar 2025
Exploring noise annoyance and sound quality for airborne wind energy systems: insights from a listening experiment
Helena Schmidt, Renatto M. Yupa-Villanueva, Daniele Ragni, Roberto Merino-Martínez, Piet J. R. van Gool, and Roland Schmehl
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 579–595, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-579-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-579-2025, 2025
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20 Mar 2025
Minimum Open Data Subset for Wind Power Prediction
Elizabeth von Zuben and Kristen R. Schell
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-29,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-29, 2025
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19 Mar 2025
Enabling efficient sizing of hybrid power plants: a surrogate-based approach to energy management system modeling
Charbel Assaad, Juan Pablo Murcia Leon, Julian Quick, Tuhfe Göçmen, Sami Ghazouani, and Kaushik Das
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 559–578, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-559-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-559-2025, 2025
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18 Mar 2025
Flow acceleration statistics: a new paradigm for wind-driven loads, towards probabilistic turbine design
Mark Kelly
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 535–558, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-535-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-535-2025, 2025
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18 Mar 2025
Investigating the dynamics of floating wind turbine wakes under laminar flow using large eddy simulations
Ricardo Amaral, Felix Houtin-Mongrolle, Dominic von Terzi, Kasper Laugesen, Paul Deglaire, and Axelle Viré
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-34,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-34, 2025
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17 Mar 2025
How do convective cold pools influence the boundary-layer atmosphere near two wind turbines in northern Germany?
Jeffrey D. Thayer, Gerard Kilroy, and Norman Wildmann
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-38,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-38, 2025
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14 Mar 2025
Investigating Lab-scaled Offshore Wind Aerodynamic Testing Failure and Developing Solutions for Early Anomaly Detections
Yuksel R. Alkarem, Ian Ammerman, Kimberly Huguenard, Richard W. Kimball, Babak Hejrati, Amrit Verma, Amir R. Nejad, Reza Hashemi, and Stephan Grilli
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-31,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-31, 2025
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12 Mar 2025
Direct integration of non-axisymmetric Gaussian wind-turbine wake including yaw and wind-veer effects
Karim Ali, Pablo Ouro, and Tim Stallard
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 511–533, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-511-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-511-2025, 2025
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10 Mar 2025
PLL-Reinforced Damping for Interoperability Enhancement of Independently Designed Grid-Forming Wind Turbines in Weak Grids
Sulav Ghimire, Gabriele Amico, Kanakesh VattaKkuni, Kim H. Jensen, and Guangya Yang
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-18,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-18, 2025
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07 Mar 2025
A machine-learning-based approach for active monitoring of blade pitch misalignment in wind turbines
Sabrina Milani, Jessica Leoni, Stefano Cacciola, Alessandro Croce, and Mara Tanelli
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 497–510, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-497-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-497-2025, 2025
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06 Mar 2025
Upwind vs downwind: Loads and acoustics of a 1.5 MW wind turbine
Pietro Bortolotti, Lee Jay Fingersh, Nicholas Hamilton, Arlinda Huskey, Chris Ivanov, Mark Iverson, Jonathan Keller, Scott Lambert, Jason Roadman, Derek Slaughter, Syhoune Thao, and Consuelo Wells
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-8,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-8, 2025
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04 Mar 2025
Evaluation of a High-Resolution Regional Climate Simulation for Surface and Hub-height Wind Climatology over North America
Kyle Peco, Jiali Wang, Chunyong Jung, Gökhan Sever, Lindsay Sheridan, Jeremy Feinstein, Rao Kotamarthi, Caroline Draxl, Ethan Young, Avi Purkayastha, and Andrew Kumler
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-13,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-13, 2025
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04 Mar 2025
Disentangling wake and projection effects in the aerodynamics of wind turbines with curved blades
Ang Li, Mac Gaunaa, Georg Raimund Pirrung, and Kenneth Lønbæk
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-30,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-30, 2025
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04 Mar 2025
Introduction of the Virtual Center of Wind Pressure for correlating large-scale turbulent structures and wind turbine loads
Carsten Schubert, Daniela Moreno, Jörg Schwarte, Jan Friedrich, Matthias Wächter, Gritt Pokriefke, Günter Radons, and Joachim Peinke
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-28,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-28, 2025
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04 Mar 2025
Impact of inflow conditions and turbine placement on the performance of offshore wind turbines exceeding 7 MW
Konstantinos Vratsinis, Rebeca Marini, Pieter-Jan Daems, Lukas Pauscher, Jeroen van Beeck, and Jan Helsen
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-32,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-32, 2025
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27 Feb 2025
Determining the ideal length of wind speed series for wind speed distribution and resource assessment
Lihong Zhou and Igor Esau
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-25,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-25, 2025
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26 Feb 2025
On the Potential of Aerodynamic Pressure Measurements for Structural Damage Detection
Philip Imanuel Franz, Imad Abdallah, Gregory Duthé, Julien Deparday, Ali Jafarabadi, Alexander Popp, Sarah Barber, and Eleni Chatzi
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-26,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-26, 2025
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26 Feb 2025
A North Sea in situ evaluation of the Fitch Wind Farm Parametrization within the Mellor–Yamada–Nakanishi–Niino and 3D Planetary Boundary Layer schemes
Nathan J. Agarwal, Julie K. Lundquist, Timothy W. Juliano, and Alex Rybchuk
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-16,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-16, 2025
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24 Feb 2025
Linking large-scale weather patterns to observed and modeled turbine hub-height winds offshore of the US West Coast
Ye Liu, Timothy W. Juliano, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Brian J. Gaudet, and Jungmin Lee
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 483–495, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-483-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-483-2025, 2025
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21 Feb 2025
Probabilistic cost modeling as a basis for optimizing inspection and maintenance of turbine support structures in offshore wind farms
Muhammad Farhan, Ronald Schneider, Sebastian Thöns, and Max Gündel
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 461–481, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-461-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-461-2025, 2025
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21 Feb 2025
Glauert's optimum rotor disk revisited – a calculus of variations solution and exact integrals for thrust and bending moment coefficients
Divya Tyagi and Sven Schmitz
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 451–460, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-451-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-451-2025, 2025
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21 Feb 2025
The impact of far-reaching offshore cluster wakes on wind turbine fatigue loads
Arjun Anantharaman, Jörge Schneemann, Frauke Theuer, Laurent Beaudet, Valentin Bernard, Paul Deglaire, and Martin Kühn
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-20,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-20, 2025
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21 Feb 2025
System identification of offshore wind turbines for model updating and validation using field measurements
Jakob Gebel, Ashkan Rezaei, Adithya Vemuri, Veronica Liverud Krathe, Pieter-Jan Daems, Jens Jo Matthys, Jonathan Sterckx, Konstantinos Vratsinis, Kayacan Kestel, Amir R. Nejad, and Jan Helsen
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-173,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-173, 2025
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21 Feb 2025
Wind Turbine Gearbox Operation Monitoring Using High-Resolution Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing
Linqing Luo, Unai Gutierrez Santiago, and Yuxin Wu
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-1,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-1, 2025
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21 Feb 2025
Data-driven probabilistic surrogate model for floating wind turbine lifetime damage equivalent load prediction
Deepali Singh, Erik Haugen, Kasper Laugesen, Richard P. Dwight, and Axelle Viré
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-24,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-24, 2025
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21 Feb 2025
Airborne wind energy system test bench electrical emulator
Carolina Nicolás-Martín, David Santos-Martín, Francisco DeLosRíos-Navarrete, and Jorge González-García
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-19,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-19, 2025
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20 Feb 2025
Turbine- and farm-scale power losses in wind farms: an alternative to wake and farm blockage losses
Andrew Kirby, Takafumi Nishino, Luca Lanzilao, Thomas D. Dunstan, and Johan Meyers
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 435–450, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-435-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-435-2025, 2025
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17 Feb 2025
Source-load matching and energy storage optimization strategies for regional wind-solar energy systems
Yongqing Zhu, Qingsheng Li, Zhen Li, and Zhaofeng Zhang
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-11,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-11, 2025
Revised manuscript accepted for WES (discussion: closed, 4 comments)
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13 Feb 2025
Three-year database of atmospheric measurements combined with associated operating parameters from a wind farm of 2MW turbines and rotor geometry
Caroline Braud, Pascal Keravec, Ingrid Neunaber, Sandrine Aubrun, Jean-Luc Attie, Pierre Durand, Philippe Ricaud, Jean-François Georgis, Emmanuel Leclerc, Lise Mourre, and Claire Taymans
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-12,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-12, 2025
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12 Feb 2025
Effect of blockage on wind turbine power and wake development
Olivier Ndindayino, Augustin Puel, and Johan Meyers
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-6,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-6, 2025
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12 Feb 2025
Wind turbine wake detection and characterisation utilising blade loads and SCADA data: a generalised approach
Piotr Fojcik, Edward Hart, and Emil Hedevang
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-17,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-17, 2025
Revised manuscript under review for WES (discussion: final response, 5 comments)
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11 Feb 2025
Assessing the impact of wind profiles at offshore wind farm sites for field data-enabled design
Rebeca Marini, Konstantinos Vratsinis, Kayacan Kestel, Jonathan Sterckx, Jens Matthys, Pieter-Jan Daems, Timothy Verstraeten, and Jan Helsen
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-9,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-9, 2025
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11 Feb 2025
Data-Driven Surrogate Models for Real-Time Fatigue Monitoring of Chain Mooring Lines in Floating Wind Turbines
Azélice Ludot, Thor Heine Snedker, Athanasios Kolios, and Ilmas Bayati
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-162,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-162, 2025
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10 Feb 2025
On the modeling errors of digital twins for load monitoring and fatigue assessment in wind turbine drivetrains
Felix C. Mehlan and Amir R. Nejad
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 417–433, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-417-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-417-2025, 2025
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10 Feb 2025
Effect of Rotor Design on Energy Performance and Cost of Stationary Unmoored Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
Aurélien Babarit, Maximilien André, and Vincent Leroy
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-15,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-15, 2025
Revised manuscript accepted for WES (discussion: closed, 4 comments)
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07 Feb 2025
Spectral proper orthogonal decomposition of active wake mixing dynamics in a stable atmospheric boundary layer
Gopal R. Yalla, Kenneth Brown, Lawrence Cheung, Dan Houck, Nathaniel deVelder, and Nicholas Hamilton
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-14,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-14, 2025
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06 Feb 2025
Comparison of wind-farm control strategies under realistic offshore wind conditions: wake quantities of interest
Kenneth Brown, Gopal Yalla, Lawrence Cheung, Joeri Frederik, Dan Houck, Nate deVelder, Eric Simley, and Paul Fleming
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-191,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-191, 2025
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05 Feb 2025
Semi-analytical methodology for fretting wear evaluation of unlubricated pitch bearing raceways under operative and non-operative periods
David Cubillas, Mireia Olave, Iñigo Llavori, Ibai Ulacia, Jon Larrañaga, Aitor Zurutuza, and Arkaitz Lopez
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 401–415, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-401-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-401-2025, 2025
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05 Feb 2025
Can the Mann model describe the typhoon turbulence?
Sara Müller, Xiaoli Guo Larsén, and Fei Hu
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-7,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-7, 2025
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 1 comment)
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04 Feb 2025
Observations of wind farm wake recovery at an operating wind farm
Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Rob K. Newsom, Colleen M. Kaul, Stefano Letizia, Mikhail Pekour, Nicholas Hamilton, Duli Chand, Donna Flynn, Nicola Bodini, and Patrick Moriarty
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 361–380, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-361-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-361-2025, 2025
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04 Feb 2025
Effect of blade inclination angle for straight-bladed vertical-axis wind turbines
Laurence Morgan, Abbas Kazemi Amiri, William Leithead, and James Carroll
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 381–399, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-381-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-381-2025, 2025
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03 Feb 2025
Periods of constant wind speed: how long do they last in the turbulent atmospheric boundary layer?
Daniela Moreno, Jan Friedrich, Matthias Wächter, Jörg Schwarte, and Joachim Peinke
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 347–360, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-347-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-347-2025, 2025
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31 Jan 2025
Non-linear interaction between synchronous generator and GFM controlled wind turbines – Inertial effect enhancement and oscillations mitigation
Chinmayi Wagh, Johan Boukhenfouf, Frédéric Colas, Luis Rouco, and Xavier Guillaud
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-10,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-10, 2025
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30 Jan 2025
Drop-size-dependent effects in leading-edge rain erosion and their impact on erosion-safe mode operation
Nils Barfknecht and Dominic von Terzi
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 315–346, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-315-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-315-2025, 2025
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29 Jan 2025
Field comparison of load-based wind turbine wake tracking with a scanning lidar reference
David Onnen, Gunner Christian Larsen, Alan Wai Hou Lio, Paul Hulsman, Martin Kühn, and Vlaho Petrović
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-188,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-188, 2025
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28 Jan 2025
On the wake re-energization of the X-Rotor vertical-axis wind turbine via the vortex-generator strategy
David Bensason, Andrea Sciacchitano, and Carlos Ferreira
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-3,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-3, 2025
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27 Jan 2025
Optimal allocation of 30 GW offshore wind power in the Norwegian economic zone
Sondre Hølleland, Geir Drage Berentsen, Håkon Otneim, and Ida Marie Solbrekke
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 293–313, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-293-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-293-2025, 2025
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24 Jan 2025
Full-scale wind turbine performance assessment: a customised, sensor-augmented aeroelastic modelling approach
Tahir H. Malik and Christian Bak
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 269–291, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-269-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-269-2025, 2025
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24 Jan 2025
LIDAR-assisted nonlinear output regulation of wind turbines for fatigue load reduction
Robert H. Moldenhauer and Robert Schmid
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-184,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-184, 2025
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23 Jan 2025
Improving wind and power predictions via four-dimensional data assimilation in the WRF model: case study of storms in February 2022 at Belgian offshore wind farms
Tsvetelina Ivanova, Sara Porchetta, Sophia Buckingham, Gertjan Glabeke, Jeroen van Beeck, and Wim Munters
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 245–268, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-245-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-245-2025, 2025
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23 Jan 2025
Challenges in detecting wind turbine power loss: the effects of blade erosion, turbulence, and time averaging
Tahir H. Malik and Christian Bak
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 227–243, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-227-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-227-2025, 2025
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23 Jan 2025
Brief communication: An elliptical parameterisation of the wind direction rose
Edward Hart
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-187,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-187, 2025
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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23 Jan 2025
On reliability design and code calibration of wind turbine blade bearings under extreme wind conditions
Ashkan Rezaei and Amir Rasekhi Nejad
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-186,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2024-186, 2025
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