Exploring Renewable Energy: Innovations in Wind and Tidal Energy 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: 10 July 2026 | Viewed by 695
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Interests: renewable energy; river hydrokinetic turbines; power cycles for biomass; 100% renewable energy homes
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Interests: marine renewable energies; tidal turbines; fluid structures interactions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Substantial technological advancement is imperative for the scaled development of cost-effective ocean-based renewable energy technologies to facilitate the global transition to sustainable energy systems. Ocean renewable energy sources possess the potential to significantly contribute to this transition, with offshore wind farms and tidal current arrays offering substantial and predictable energy generation capacity. Significant research and development opportunities exist to advance ocean and tidal energy technologies toward commercial-scale deployment. Further research is necessary to achieve cost parity with established energy sources, as both offshore wind turbines and tidal hydrokinetic turbines exhibit considerable potential for cost reduction through technological innovation and economies of scale.
This Special Issue addresses critical aspects of offshore wind and tidal turbine technologies, presenting cutting-edge research findings that encompass the following:
- Ocean Wind and Tidal Resource Assessment: Characterization and high-fidelity modeling of ocean wind and tidal current resources, including spatial and temporal variability analysis.
- Offshore Wind and Tidal Energy Converter Development and Testing: Investigation of nearshore and offshore wind turbine technologies (fixed-bottom and floating) and tidal energy conversion devices. This includes novel design concepts validated through laboratory-scale experiments, field deployments, and advanced computational fluid dynamics simulations.
- Structural Integrity and Fatigue Analysis: Analysis of component stress and fatigue under complex loading conditions, incorporating fluid–structure interaction analysis, experimental validation via laboratory and field measurements, and investigations of material fatigue behavior under cyclic loading and environmental stressors.
- Wind Farm and Tidal Array Optimization: Optimization of wind turbine farm and tidal turbine array layouts, considering inter-turbine/device wake effects, power output maximization, and grid integration considerations.
- Environmental Impact Assessment: Evaluation of the environmental impacts of ocean energy devices on marine ecosystems, including effects on marine mammals, avifauna, and fish populations, as well as analyses of sediment transport and benthic habitat disruption.
- Field Deployment and Performance Evaluation: Reporting of field deployment results, including performance data, operational experience, and lessons learned from real-world deployments of ocean energy technologies.
- Microgrid Integration and Energy Storage: Design and analysis of microgrid configurations incorporating ocean renewable energy sources to supply power to coastal communities, including the integration of energy storage systems to enhance grid stability and reliability.
Dr. Eric L. Bibeau
Prof. Dr. Sylvain Guillou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wind energy
- offshore wind energy
- ocean energy
- tidal turbines
- hydrokinetic turbines
- river hydrokinetic
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