Research on Offshore Wind Turbines
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: 25 February 2026 | Viewed by 41
Special Issue Editors
2. Ocean Institute, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China
Interests: multi-body structural modeling; control and optimization of onshore; offshore and floating wind turbines; large language model in wind power engineering
Interests: dynamic analysis and structural design of infrastructure; wind disaster mitigation and risk management; wind resource assessment and wind power forecasting; development of floating offshore wind turbine system; numerical simulation of wind-induced vibrations
2. Ocean Institute, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China
Interests: marine soil mechanics; soil-pile interaction modeling; soil-pipeline interaction modeling; dynamics of offshore and floating wind turbines
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Offshore wind power is characterized by its abundance of resources, high power generation efficiency, and minimal environmental impact. Over the past decade, the global growth in this sector has reached 83 GW at an average annual rate of 20%, making it a primary focus of international new energy development. However, the installation of offshore wind turbines must be resilient to severe disasters and harsh conditions, including typhoons, earthquakes, and poor seabeds, which are prevalent in many regions, such as China, Japan, the U.S., and others. This has contributed to the advances in current wind turbine engineering, which are characterized by high-performance materials, modeling tools, design methodologies, and control techniques, among others. Conversely, the declining cost of electricity in many countries has prompted a surge in research in the field of design optimization, resulting in the development of more reliable optimization techniques and tools. Additionally, there is a growing focus on condition monitoring and fault tolerance, driving the development of more reliable diagnostic techniques and more fault-tolerant wind turbines.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to the theory, design, modeling, application, control, and optimization of onshore and offshore wind turbines.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advanced modeling approaches, including aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, servo-dynamics, soil-structure interaction, and multi-body dynamics;
- Loading mitigation/power enhancement techniques and devices;
- Optimal design methodologies and algorithms;
- Advanced design approaches/framework;
- Online and offline condition monitoring techniques.
Dr. Lilin Wang
Prof. Dr. Takeshi Ishihara
Prof. Dr. Lizhong Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wind turbines
- standard and new topologies
- new applications
- modeling
- design
- control
- optimization
- fault diagnosis
- fault tolerance
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