Wind Characteristics and Loads
- Aerodynamics of wind turbines
- Wind and hydrodynamic loads for wind turbines
- Wind characteristics in urban environments
- Wind tunnel testing of wind energy systems
- Technology readiness level (TRL) of wind energy for urban boundary layer
- Harvesting energy from the energy-containing large scales of turbulence: the built environment turbulent flows
- Aerodynamic optimization of wind energy converter supporting structures
- Onshore wind energy converters and aeolian parks
- Offshore wind energy converters and aeolian parks
Structures, Materials and Dynamics
- Structural design of wind energy support structures
- Structural dynamics for energy converters
- Numerical modelling of the structural behavior of wind turbine towers
- Fatigue issues in wind energy converters
- Structural connections in wind energy structures
- Detailing in wind energy converter structural design
- Vibrations in wind energy converters
- Foundations of onshore and offshore wind energy structures
- Seismic analysis and design of wind energy structures
Grid Integration, Operations and Control
- Wind energy and power electronics and smart grids
- Wind energy operations & control
- Power quality and wind energy systems
- Wind energy and electricity storage options
- Generator/drive systems and wind energy systems
Markets, Strategies, Policies and Socio-economics
- Electricity markets incorporating wind energy
- Wind energy in built environment and social impact
- Strategic planning for wind energy in built environment
- Life cycle approach to wind energy technology
- Economics and incentives for wind in the built environment
- Wind energy economics and economics of smart cities: capacity factors and costs of energy
- Policy framework for wind energy in the built environment
- Wind energy stakeholders involvement
Smart Cities and Environmental Aspects
- Wind energy and built environment: case studies
- Integrated approaches and smart cities
- Smart cities and wind energy opportunities
- Unconventional innovative design of wind energy converters
- Noise of wind energy converters
- Environment impact of wind energy harvesting in the built environment