Preparatory work for the American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN)

This special issue will include manuscripts about the work performed for the preparation of the American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN, https://openei.org/wiki/AWAKEN). This project, which is funded by the US Dept. of Energy, has as main objectives: 1) to collect unprecedented observations of wind farm operations, their interactions with the atmospheric boundary layer, and wind turbine wakes; 2) improve accuracy in modeling wind farm operations; 3) improve efficiency and lower costs of wind power harvesting. The AWAKEN team encompasses international researchers from national laboratories, academia, and the wind energy industry working collaboratively on different wind energy topics, such as field experiments, numerical simulations, instrument development, wind turbine control, and wind plant design.

Topics covered include, but are not limited to:

Guest Editors

Mithu Debnath, NREL

Nicholas Hamilton, NREL

Giacomo Valerio Iungo, University of Texas, Dallas

Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado

Patrick Moriarty, NREL

Submission Instructions

If you are interested in contributing to this collection, please prepare your manuscript as per the information Author Instructions, shown here. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy also provides channels that allow you to create links to share the datasets which underlie your figures and tables, as described here. You can then submit your manuscript files through the journal’s submission portal. For additional questions, please email the team at jrse-journalmanager@aip.org.