The invention relates to the field of atmospheric turbulence energy detection, and particularly relates to an energy detection system and an energy detection method for the atmosphere turbulence of awind profile radar. The system comprises a digital intermediate-frequency receiver used for acquiring an atmospheric turbulence radar echo signal, carrying out digital processing on the radar echo signal to obtain time-domain data, and sending the time-domain data to a first storage module; the first storage module used for storing the time-domain data sent by the digital intermediate-frequency receiver; and a signal processing module used for carrying out signal processing on the time-domain data in the first storage module, generating atmospheric turbulence echo power spectrum data and sending the atmospheric turbulence echo power spectrum data to a second storage module. According to the invention, based on the system and the method, the energy and the friction speed of the atmosphericturbulence can be observed, detected and processed, and data can be obtained in real time. Meanwhile, obtained data are accurate and high in precision. The atmospheric turbulence can be truly restored. Therefore, the system and the method can be applied to the fields of scientific research, atmospheric observation, agricultural application and the like.