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Articles | Volume 11, issue 10
Articles | Volume 11, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3763-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3763-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 11, issue 10
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01 Oct 2026
Peer-reviewed comment |  | 01 Oct 2026

Comment on “A theoretical upper limit for offshore wind energy extraction” by Simão Ferreira et al. (2026)

Maarten Paul van der Laan and Simon Watson

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A theoretical limit for the energy extraction of offshore wind farms has been suggested by Simão Ferreira et al. (2026) based on a simple model of an infinite wind farm and an ad hoc method to correct the model for application to finite wind farms. In this work, we discuss a number of concerns and we conclude that the limit proposed in Simão Ferreira et al. (2026) is not a theoretical limit but rather a limit supported by the non-reproducible finite wind farm correction.
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