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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2491-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-7-2491-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Grand Challenges: wind energy research needs for a global energy transition
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Department of Wind and Energy Systems, Technical University of Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Sukanta Basu
Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CN, Delft, the Netherlands
Alessandro Bianchini
Department of Industrial Engineering, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 50139 Florence, Italy
Andrew Clifton
Institute of Aircraft Design, University of Stuttgart, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany
enviConnect, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Peter Green
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Hannele Holttinen
Recognis Oy, 02200 Espoo, Finland
Electrical Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
Lena Kitzing
Department of Wind and Energy Systems, Technical University of Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Branko Kosovic
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA
Julie K. Lundquist
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Johan Meyers
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Mark O'Malley
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
William J. Shaw
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
Bethany Straw
US Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
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Wind energy will play a central role in the transition of our energy system to a carbon-free future. However, many underlying scientific issues remain to be resolved before wind can be deployed in the locations and applications needed for such large-scale ambitions. The Grand Challenges are the gaps in the science left behind during the rapid growth of wind energy. This article explains the breadth of the unfinished business and introduces 10 articles that detail the research needs.
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