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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 | 44,823 views
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29 Oct 2024
Converging profile relationships for offshore wind speed and turbulence intensity
Gus Jeans
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 2001–2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2001-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2001-2024, 2024 | 3,565 views
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19 Aug 2024
Underestimation of strong wind speeds offshore in ERA5: evidence, discussion and correction
Rémi Gandoin and Jorge Garza
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1727–1745, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1727-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1727-2024, 2024 | 3,404 views
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02 Jan 2025
Functional specifications and testing requirements for grid-forming offshore wind power plants
Sulav Ghimire, Gabriel Miguel Gomes Guerreiro, Kanakesh Vatta Kkuni, Emerson David Guest, Kim Høj Jensen, Guangya Yang, and Xiongfei Wang
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 1–15, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-1-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-1-2025, 2025 | 3,257 views
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06 Nov 2024
Grand challenges of wind energy science – meeting the needs and services of the power system
Mark O'Malley, Hannele Holttinen, Nicolaos Cutululis, Til Kristian Vrana, Jennifer King, Vahan Gevorgian, Xiongfei Wang, Fatemeh Rajaei-Najafabadi, and Andreas Hadjileonidas
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 2087–2112, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2087-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2087-2024, 2024 | 2,802 views
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12 Jul 2024
Hyperparameter tuning framework for calibrating analytical wake models using SCADA data of an offshore wind farm
Diederik van Binsbergen, Pieter-Jan Daems, Timothy Verstraeten, Amir R. Nejad, and Jan Helsen
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1507–1526, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1507-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1507-2024, 2024 | 2,384 views
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04 Nov 2024
Data-driven surrogate model for wind turbine damage equivalent load
Rad Haghi and Curran Crawford
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 2039–2062, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2039-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2039-2024, 2024 | 2,381 views
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08 Jul 2024
Comparison of different cross-sectional approaches for the structural design and optimization of composite wind turbine blades based on beam models
Edgar Werthen, Daniel Hardt, Claudio Balzani, and Christian Hühne
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1465–1481, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1465-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1465-2024, 2024 | 2,232 views
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29 Oct 2024
Full-scale wind turbine performance assessment using the turbine performance integral (TPI) method: a study of aerodynamic degradation and operational influences
Tahir H. Malik and Christian Bak
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 2017–2037, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2017-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2017-2024, 2024 | 2,099 views
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15 Aug 2024
Brief communication: A simple axial induction modification to the Weather Research and Forecasting Fitch wind farm parameterization
Lukas Vollmer, Balthazar Arnoldus Maria Sengers, and Martin Dörenkämper
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1689–1693, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1689-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1689-2024, 2024 | 2,012 views
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23 Aug 2024
One-to-one aeroservoelastic validation of operational loads and performance of a 2.8 MW wind turbine model in OpenFAST
Kenneth Brown, Pietro Bortolotti, Emmanuel Branlard, Mayank Chetan, Scott Dana, Nathaniel deVelder, Paula Doubrawa, Nicholas Hamilton, Hristo Ivanov, Jason Jonkman, Christopher Kelley, and Daniel Zalkind
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1791–1810, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1791-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1791-2024, 2024 | 1,959 views
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10 Sep 2024
Aerodynamic effects of leading-edge erosion in wind farm flow modeling
Jens Visbech, Tuhfe Göçmen, Özge Sinem Özçakmak, Alexander Meyer Forsting, Ásta Hannesdóttir, and Pierre-Elouan Réthoré
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1811–1826, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1811-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1811-2024, 2024 | 1,860 views
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16 Sep 2024
Investigating the interactions between wakes and floating wind turbines using FAST.Farm
Lucas Carmo, Jason Jonkman, and Regis Thedin
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1827–1847, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1827-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1827-2024, 2024 | 1,858 views
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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 | 1,802 views
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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 | 1,773 views
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24 Oct 2024
A simple steady-state inflow model of the neutral and stable atmospheric boundary layer applied to wind turbine wake simulations
Maarten Paul van der Laan, Mark Kelly, Mads Baungaard, Antariksh Dicholkar, and Emily Louise Hodgson
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1985–2000, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1985-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1985-2024, 2024 | 1,767 views
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10 Oct 2024
On the robustness of a blade-load-based wind speed estimator to dynamic pitch control strategies
Marion Coquelet, Maxime Lejeune, Laurent Bricteux, Aemilius A. W. van Vondelen, Jan-Willem van Wingerden, and Philippe Chatelain
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1923–1940, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1923-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1923-2024, 2024 | 1,763 views
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20 Aug 2024
Uncertainty quantification of structural blade parameters for the aeroelastic damping of wind turbines: a code-to-code comparison
Hendrik Verdonck, Oliver Hach, Jelmer D. Polman, Otto Schramm, Claudio Balzani, Sarah Müller, and Johannes Rieke
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1747–1763, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1747-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1747-2024, 2024 | 1,749 views
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22 Aug 2024
Investigation of blade flexibility effects on the loads and wake of a 15 MW wind turbine using a flexible actuator line method
Francois Trigaux, Philippe Chatelain, and Grégoire Winckelmans
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1765–1789, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1765-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1765-2024, 2024 | 1,748 views
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06 Jan 2025
Characterization of vortex-shedding regimes and lock-in response of a wind turbine airfoil with two high-fidelity simulation approaches
Ricardo Fernandez-Aldama, George Papadakis, Oscar Lopez-Garcia, Sergio Avila-Sanchez, Vasilis A. Riziotis, Alvaro Cuerva-Tejero, and Cristobal Gallego-Castillo
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 17–39, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-17-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-17-2025, 2025 | 1,709 views
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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 | 1,694 views
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09 Jul 2024
Synchronised WindScanner field measurements of the induction zone between two closely spaced wind turbines
Anantha Padmanabhan Kidambi Sekar, Paul Hulsman, Marijn Floris van Dooren, and Martin Kühn
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1483–1505, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1483-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1483-2024, 2024 | 1,692 views
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23 Jul 2024
On the power and control of a misaligned rotor – beyond the cosine law
Simone Tamaro, Filippo Campagnolo, and Carlo L. Bottasso
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1547–1575, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1547-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1547-2024, 2024 | 1,650 views
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29 Jul 2024
Dynamic performance of a passively self-adjusting floating wind farm layout to increase the annual energy production
Mohammad Youssef Mahfouz, Ericka Lozon, Matthew Hall, and Po Wen Cheng
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1595–1615, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1595-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1595-2024, 2024 | 1,647 views
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12 Nov 2024
Dries Allaerts, 1989–2024
Majid Bastankhah, Marcus Becker, Matthew Churchfield, Caroline Draxl, Jay Prakash Goit, Mehtab Khan, Luis A. Martinez Tossas, Johan Meyers, Patrick Moriarty, Wim Munters, Asim Önder, Sara Porchetta, Eliot Quon, Ishaan Sood, Nicole van Lipzig, Jan-Willem van Wingerden, Paul Veers, and Simon Watson
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 2171–2174, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2171-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2171-2024, 2024 | 1,631 views
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02 Jul 2024
Wind farm structural response and wake dynamics for an evolving stable boundary layer: computational and experimental comparisons
Kelsey Shaler, Eliot Quon, Hristo Ivanov, and Jason Jonkman
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1451–1463, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1451-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1451-2024, 2024 | 1,617 views
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02 Aug 2024
Impact of swell waves on atmospheric surface turbulence: wave–turbulence decomposition methods
Mostafa Bakhoday Paskyabi
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1631–1645, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1631-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1631-2024, 2024 | 1,613 views
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30 Apr 2025
Load case selection for finite-element simulations of wind turbine pitch bearings and hubs
Matthias Stammler and Florian Schleich
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 813–826, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-813-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-813-2025, 2025 | 1,609 views
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02 Aug 2024
Experimental analysis of a horizontal-axis wind turbine with swept blades using PIV data
Erik Fritz, Koen Boorsma, and Carlos Ferreira
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1617–1629, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1617-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1617-2024, 2024 | 1,590 views
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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 | 1,568 views
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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 | 1,563 views
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17 Oct 2024
Force-partitioning analysis of vortex-induced vibrations of wind turbine tower sections
Shyam VimalKumar, Delphine De Tavernier, Dominic von Terzi, Marco Belloli, and Axelle Viré
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1967–1983, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1967-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1967-2024, 2024 | 1,552 views
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24 Sep 2024
Experimental evaluation of wind turbine wake turbulence impacts on a general aviation aircraft
Jonathan D. Rogers
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1849–1868, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1849-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1849-2024, 2024 | 1,551 views
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08 Jan 2025
The effects of wind farm wakes on freezing sea spray in the mid-Atlantic offshore wind energy areas
David Rosencrans, Julie K. Lundquist, Mike Optis, and Nicola Bodini
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 59–81, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-59-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-59-2025, 2025 | 1,549 views
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15 Jan 2025
Characterization of local wind profiles: a random forest approach for enhanced wind profile extrapolation
Farkhondeh (Hanie) Rouholahnejad and Julia Gottschall
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 143–159, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-143-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-143-2025, 2025 | 1,546 views
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02 Aug 2024
A large-eddy simulation (LES) model for wind-farm-induced atmospheric gravity wave effects inside conventionally neutral boundary layers
Sebastiano Stipa, Mehtab Ahmed Khan, Dries Allaerts, and Joshua Brinkerhoff
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1647–1668, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1647-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1647-2024, 2024 | 1,513 views
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05 Dec 2024
Designing wind turbines for profitability in the day-ahead market
Mihir Kishore Mehta, Michiel Zaaijer, and Dominic von Terzi
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 2283–2300, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2283-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2283-2024, 2024 | 1,513 views
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14 Nov 2024
Power curve modelling and scaling of fixed-wing ground-generation airborne wind energy systems
Rishikesh Joshi, Roland Schmehl, and Michiel Kruijff
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 2195–2215, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2195-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2195-2024, 2024 | 1,496 views
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22 Jan 2025
Dynamic displacement measurement of a wind turbine tower using accelerometers: tilt error compensation and validation
Clemens Jonscher, Paula Helming, David Märtins, Andreas Fischer, David Bonilla, Benedikt Hofmeister, Tanja Grießmann, and Raimund Rolfes
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 193–205, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-193-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-193-2025, 2025 | 1,458 views
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07 Oct 2024
Probabilistic surrogate modeling of damage equivalent loads on onshore and offshore wind turbines using mixture density networks
Deepali Singh, Richard Dwight, and Axelle Viré
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1885–1904, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1885-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1885-2024, 2024 | 1,446 views
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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 | 1,439 views
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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 | 1,431 views
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17 Jan 2025
Characterization of dynamic stall of a wind turbine airfoil with a high Reynolds number
Hye Rim Kim, Jasson A. Printezis, Jan Dominik Ahrens, Joerg R. Seume, and Lars Wein
Wind Energ. Sci., 10, 161–175, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-161-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-161-2025, 2025 | 1,419 views
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07 Oct 2024
Impact of a two-dimensional steep hill on wind turbine noise propagation
Jules Colas, Ariane Emmanuelli, Didier Dragna, Philippe Blanc-Benon, Benjamin Cotté, and Richard J. A. M. Stevens
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1869–1884, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1869-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1869-2024, 2024 | 1,400 views
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20 Dec 2024
Aerodynamic interaction of rain and wind turbine blades: the significance of droplet slowdown and deformation for leading-edge erosion
Nils Barfknecht and Dominic von Terzi
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 2333–2357, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2333-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2333-2024, 2024 | 1,385 views
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24 Jul 2024
On the importance of wind predictions in wake steering optimization
Elie Kadoche, Pascal Bianchi, Florence Carton, Philippe Ciblat, and Damien Ernst
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1577–1594, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1577-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1577-2024, 2024 | 1,373 views
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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 | 1,364 views
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05 Nov 2024
Unsupervised anomaly detection of permanent-magnet offshore wind generators through electrical and electromagnetic measurements
Ali Dibaj, Mostafa Valavi, and Amir R. Nejad
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 2063–2086, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2063-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2063-2024, 2024 | 1,357 views
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27 Nov 2024
Understanding the impact of data gaps on long-term offshore wind resource estimates
Martin Georg Jonietz Alvarez, Warren Watson, and Julia Gottschall
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 2217–2233, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2217-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-2217-2024, 2024 | 1,344 views
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16 Oct 2024
Low-uncertainty wave tank testing and validation of numerical methods for floating offshore wind turbines
Christian W. Schulz, Stefan Netzband, Philip D. Knipper, and Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud
Wind Energ. Sci., 9, 1941–1965, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1941-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-9-1941-2024, 2024 | 1,341 views
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