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Personal Profile
Pietro Bortolotti is a senior researcher at the National Wind Technology Center in the group of wind energy systems. Bortolotti leads the U.S. Department of Energy-funded projects Big Adaptive Rotor, which focuses on the next generation of land-based wind turbine technology, and Holistic Systems Engineering, which aims to apply multi-fidelity design approaches to wind turbine and wind farm optimizations. Bortolotti also leads various other projects on wind turbine technology and improves numerical models for the multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization of wind turbines, such as WISDEM, WEIS, and OpenFAST. Before joining NLR, Bortolotti obtained his Ph.D. at the Wind Energy Institute of the Technical University of Munich in Germany.
Research Interests
Multidisciplinary design, analysis and optimization (MDAO) of wind energy systems
Wind turbine rotor design
Aeroservoelasticity of wind turbines
Professional Experience
PostDoc, NLR (2018–2019)
Researcher, Technical University of Munich (2013–2018)
Research Assistant, Denmark Technical University (2012–2013)
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Master, Sustainable Energy Technology, Technical University of Delft
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Munich
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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A Methodology for Measuring Blade Clearance on an Operating Utility-Scale Wind Turbine
Roadman, J., Bortolotti, P., Fingersh, L. J., Ivanov, C., Iverson, M., Jager, D., Slaughter, D., Thao, S. & van Dam, J., 2026, 23 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Task 55: Reference Wind Turbines and Plants (REFWIND)
Bortolotti, P., 2025, IEA Wind TCP: 2024 Annual Report.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Impact of Sound Ordinances on the Land-Based Wind Technical Potential of the United States
Gu, J., Glaws, A., Harrison-Atlas, D., Bortolotti, P., Kaliski, K. & Lopez, A., 2025, In: Nature Energy. 10, p. 641-654 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Upwind vs. Downwind: Loads and Acoustics of a 1.5 MW Wind Turbine
Bortolotti, P., Fingersh, L. J., Hamilton, N., Huskey, A., Ivanov, C., Iverson, M., Keller, J., Lambert, S., Roadman, J., Slaughter, D., Thao, S. & Wells, C., 2025, In: Wind Energy Science. 10, 9, p. 2025-2050 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aerodynamic and Production Comparison of Wind Farms with Downwind Versus Conventional Upwind Turbines: Article No. 092008
Frontin, C., Vijayakumar, G. & Bortolotti, P., 2024, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2767, 9, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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