Experimental investigation of the effect of wake steering on the noise emission of a commercial wind turbine

Duc, Thomas; Finez, Arthur

doi:10.5194/wes-11-3249-2026

Articles | Volume 11, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3249-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3249-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 9

Research article

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04 Sep 2026

Research article |

| 04 Sep 2026

Experimental investigation of the effect of wake steering on the noise emission of a commercial wind turbine

Thomas Duc and Arthur Finez

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Final revised paper (published on 04 Sep 2026)
Preprint (discussion started on 11 Dec 2025)

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RC1: 'Comment on wes-2025-224', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jan 2026

See attached.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-224-RC1
RC2: 'Comment on wes-2025-224', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Mar 2026

Please see attached file.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-224-RC2
AC1: 'Author response to referee comments', Thomas Duc, 26 Jun 2026

Publisher’s note: this comment is a copy of AC21 and its content was therefore removed on 29 June 2026.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-224-AC1
AC2: 'Author response to referee comments', Thomas Duc, 26 Jun 2026

The answers to referee comments can be found in the attached file

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2025-224-AC2

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AR by Thomas Duc on behalf of the Authors (29 Jun 2026) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (27 Jul 2026) by Jennifer King

ED: Publish as is (07 Aug 2026) by Paul Fleming (Chief editor)

AR by Thomas Duc on behalf of the Authors (14 Aug 2026)

Short summary

This work presents the outcomes of an acoustic experimental campaign conducted on an industrial wind turbine under normal operation and yaw misalignment. The objective of this test was to study the effect of yaw misalignment on turbine noise magnitude and directivity. The results show a slight increase in the noise emitted by the turbine when it is misaligned and a rotation of the noise directivity pattern consistent with the rotation of the nacelle.