Advanced Offshore Renewable Energy Technology
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 322
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wave energy converters (WEC); greenhouse gas emission; life cycle assessment; energy efficiency; HVAC; energy of sea waves; tidal energy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Offshore renewable energy technologies are playing an increasingly strategic role in the global transition toward sustainable, resilient, and low-carbon energy systems. The offshore environment offers vast and largely untapped renewable energy potential, while simultaneously posing significant technical, economic, and environmental challenges that call for advanced engineering solutions and integrated, system-oriented approaches.
This Special Issue of Energies aims to collect high-quality original research articles and state-of-the-art review papers addressing recent advances in offshore renewable energy technologies, with a particular focus on hybrid systems and advanced offshore energy mixes. Contributions related to the development, optimization, and integration of offshore energy systems based on wind, wave, tidal, and offshore solar resources are especially encouraged. Special emphasis will be placed on multi-source hybrid configurations, including the coupling of offshore renewables with energy storage systems and intelligent energy management and control strategies.
Particular attention will be devoted to offshore renewable energy solutions for small islands and remote coastal or insular communities, where limited grid interconnections, high dependence on imported fossil fuels, and strong seasonal variability in energy demand require robust, flexible, and cost-effective energy systems. Contributions addressing island-scale energy hubs, autonomous or weakly interconnected microgrids, and integrated offshore–onshore energy architectures are especially welcome.
The Special Issue will pay particular attention to floating offshore technologies, innovative materials, structural design and reliability, digitalization, monitoring and control systems, and smart grid integration. Furthermore, contributions addressing techno-economic assessment, life-cycle analysis, environmental impact evaluation, marine spatial planning, and regulatory and policy frameworks for offshore renewable energy deployment are strongly encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Daniele Milone
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ocean energies
- sea wave
- tidal energy
- energy harvesting
- wave energy converters
- offshore renewable energy
- offshore infrastructure
- floating offshore platforms
- marine energy infrastructure
- hybrid offshore energy systems
- islanded and remote energy systems
- offshore energy storage
- energy system integration
- techno-economic assessment
- life cycle assessment
- environmental impact
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