Global Research and Trends in Offshore Wind, Wave, and Tidal Energy
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 September 2025 | Viewed by 447
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Interests: renewable energy; data science; engineering education
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global energy demands, especially the clean energy demand, are rapidly growing, driven by factors like economic growth, increased numbers of electrical cars and data centers, and others. Ocean energy resources have drawn more and more attention in both academia and industry. Offshore wind energy systems have become commercially viable, driven by technological advancements leading to decreasing costs. Although wave and tidal energy are not commercially viable yet, they hold significant potential with the ample available wave and tidal resources in the oceans. The technologies associated with offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy systems have advanced significantly in the last decade, including energy resource measurement and estimation, site identification and selection, layout optimization, energy harvesting efficiency, etc.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to the theory, design, resource measurement and estimation, application, control and monitoring, and system integration of offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy resource measurement;
- Offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy resource estimation and prediction using Artificial Intelligence-based methods;
- Site identification and selection for offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy systems;
- Layout optimization for offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy systems;
- Advancements in harvesting technologies of offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy;
- System integration, such as hybrid energy systems and integration with grids;
- Control and monitoring technologies in offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy systems;
- Review articles on the above topics.
Dr. Hua Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- offshore wind energy
- wave energy
- tidal energy
- hybrid energy systems
- artificial intelligence
- site selection and decision making
- system integration, control, and monitoring
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