A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy
A section of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Section Information
Wind, wave and tidal energy—commonly recognized as clean and environmentally friendly renewable energy resources—are becoming more commonplace, as the fraction of energy from renewable resources continues to increase. Nevertheless, significant challenges remain in reducing the levelized cost of energy for renewable technologies, particularly nascent technologies, such as wave and tidal. Also, as wind moves offshore, with both fixed and floating options, there is further opportunity to combine wind with wave and/or tidal. This Section aims to include contributions across the spectrum of scientific and engineering disciplines concerned with the development of wind, wave and tidal renewable technologies, from fundamental device development/design, supporting technologies (control, condition monitoring, etc.), power conversion, to grid integration and associated storage technologies. Studies on hybrid systems (combined wind/wave/tidal) are particularly encouraged, as are novel applications (apart from electricity production), including potable water production, amongst others. Download Section Flyer
Principal topic areas of this Section are listed below. This list is neither exhaustive nor exclusive:
Scope
- Wind, Wave and Tidal Devices (Converters and Other Components)
- Design and Manufacturing
- Aerodynamics/Hydrodynamics
- Simulation/Modeling
- Optimization
- Resource Assessment Techniques
- Modeling/Prediction/Forecasting
- Atmospheric Physics
- Planning/Siting/Layout/Optimization/Installations
- Flow/Loads/Waves/Wind Characterization
- Economics and Environmental Issues
- Power Generation
- Electrical Components and Generators
- Power Electronics and Controls
- Grid and Power Transmission/Connection
- Renewable Power Integration and Control, Energy Storage
- Operations and Maintenance
- Reliability/Maintainability
- Condition Monitoring/Fault Detection/Diagnostics/Prognostics
- Testing
- Controls
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Economics
- Other Related Hybrid and Autonomous Systems
- Combinations of Renewable Technologies
- Desalination
- Water Pumping
- Heating
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advanced Control Technology of Integrated Wind and Wave Energy Conversion System (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Control, Real-Time Monitoring and Optimization for Wind Power Systems (Deadline: 25 September 2024)
- Probabilistic Design and Assessment of Wind Turbine Structures (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Advancements in Methods to Evaluate Energy Potential of Water Currents and in the Design and Analysis of the Performance of Hydrokinetic Turbines (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- The Safety and Reliability of Offshore Energy Assets (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Optimal Control of Wind and Wave Energy Converters (Deadline: 3 October 2024)
- Solar and Wind Energy Prediction and Its Application Technology (Deadline: 15 October 2024)
- Development and Validation of Methodologies for Structural Monitoring of Floating Wind Turbines (Deadline: 22 October 2024)
- Advances in Performance Evaluation for the Wind Power Generators (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Dynamic Analysis and Optimization of Wave Energy Devices (Deadline: 14 November 2024)
- Advances in Wind and Solar Farm Forecasting—3rd Edition (Deadline: 14 November 2024)
- Modeling and Simulation of Floating Offshore Wind Farms (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Wind Generators Modelling and Control: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Wind Turbine and Wind Farm Flows (Deadline: 22 November 2024)
- New Advances in Wave Energy Conversion (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Computational and Experimental Fluid Dynamics for Wind Energy (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Offshore Wind Farms: Theory, Methods and Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Computational Fluid Dynamics: Technologies and Applications for Renewable Energy Systems, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 13 December 2024)
- State of the Art of Clean Technologies for Wind Energy and Wind Turbines (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Advancements in Marine Renewable Energy and Hybridization Prospects (Deadline: 18 December 2024)
- Design and Performance Optimization of Tidal Turbines (Deadline: 19 December 2024)
- Offshore Wind Support Structure Design (Deadline: 19 December 2024)
- Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: Current Technologies and Future Trends (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Advances in Wind Turbines (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Recent Developments of Wind Energy (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Structural Testing and Health Monitoring of Wind Turbines (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advances in AI Methods for Wind Power Forecasting and Monitoring (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advances in Wind Turbine Vibration Modelling and Control (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Recent Development and Future Perspective of Wind Power Generation—2nd Edition (Deadline: 16 January 2025)
- Advances in Fluid Dynamics and Wind Power Systems: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 23 January 2025)
- Advanced Control Systems in Wind Energy: Optimizing Performance from Component to Grid Integration (Deadline: 24 January 2025)
- Wind Turbine Aeromechanics: Theory, Methods and Applications (Deadline: 24 January 2025)
- Ocean Energy Conversion and Magnetohydrodynamic Power Systems (Deadline: 9 February 2025)
- Numerical Analysis, Field Testing and Experimental Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbines 2024 (Deadline: 25 February 2025)
- Advanced Wind Energy Systems: Comprehensive Insights into Analysis, Design, Control, and Optimization (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Recent Advances in Wind Turbines (Deadline: 5 March 2025)
- Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Offshore Renewable Energy (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
