Wind Energy Resource Development and the Sustainable Environment

Dear Colleagues,

As the climate changes, it is crucial to understand how to enhance wind energy production while preserving the environment; however, utilizing wind resources involves integrating atmospheric dynamics, technology, and environmental balance. Consequently, this Special Issue explores the connections between these topics and supports methods to balance energy use with environmental protection.

The Special Issue aims to bring together original contributions that achieve the following:

• Investigate advanced methods for assessing, modeling, and mapping wind resources in different regions and climatic conditions;
• Develop innovative turbine technologies, materials, and architectures with the potential to increase energy efficiency and reduce operating costs;
• Analyze environmental and biodiversity impacts, from noise and microclimatic changes to interactions with avifauna, marine fauna, and landscape;
• Propose spatial planning, management, and public policy strategies that support the responsible development of wind infrastructure;
• Integrate wind energy into the energy mix through smart storage, control, digitalization, and hybrid renewable systems;
• Investigate the economic and social implications of expanding wind capacity to harmonize energy objectives with the acceptance of local communities.

In essence, this Special Issue aims to contribute to advancing knowledge in the field of wind energy through robust scientific findings that can underpin sustainable exploitation models and support the transition to low-emission, resilient, and environmentally friendly energy systems.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Sustainability.

Dr. Alexandra Ionelia Diaconita
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Andrei
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Wind is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• sustainable wind energy
• wind energy resource exploitation
• wind farm ecological effects
• wake modelling and analysis
• wind farm optimization
• land use and offshore impacts
• performance analysis of wind turbines
• integrated analysis and modelling