Wind power is becoming one of the major energy resources of the future.

Wind Energy offers a major forum for the reporting of advances in this rapidly developing technology with the goal of realising the world-wide potential to harness clean energy from the wind. The journal aims to reach all those with an interest in this field from academic research, industrial development through to practical applications, including individual wind turbines and integration of wind farms. Contributions across the spectrum of scientific and engineering disciplines concerned with the advancement of wind power conversion, integration and utilisation technologies are an essential feature of the journal.

Considerable emphasis is placed on technical applications papers which describe progress in a way which will appeal to a wide readership. The scope extends to include contributions of a more general nature, addressing operating experience, environmental studies, economic aspects and socio-political issues in a 'Broader Perspectives' section.

The international Editorial Board presiding over the journal plays an essential role in the rigorous peer-reviewing of contributions to ensure delivery of high-quality and useful information.

Principal Topics

• Wind rotor technology - aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, wakes, blade design.
• Structural and mechanical engineering of wind power - drive trains, hydraulics, fluid mechanics and mechanical components.
• Electrical engineering of wind power - electrical components, power electronics and controls, generators, grid connection, power transmission and distribution.
• Dynamics and control - materials, fatigue, testing, reliability and certification.
• Resource assessment - prediction, modelling, wind farm planning, siting (including off-shore developments), economics and environmental issues.
• Systems - design, installation, operation, performance, optimisation and control; small, hybrid and autonomous systems and applications other than grid connection such as desalination, water pumping and heating.