Leading the Way in Offshore Renewable Energy and Wave Energy Conversion
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: 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 885
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our Special Issue, “Leading the Way in Offshore Renewable Energy and Wave Energy Conversion” This Special Issue will focus on recent advances, ongoing challenges and innovative solutions in the field of offshore renewable energy and wave energy conversion. We will highlight research that addresses technological, environmental and economic barriers while presenting breakthrough solutions and strategies for the large-scale deployment of marine energy conversion systems.
We welcome submissions that address key challenges in this area. Typical challenges include the following:
- Environmental Impact: Studies on the impacts of wave energy devices on marine ecosystems, focusing on noise pollution, migration disruption, habitat modification, coastal erosion, sediment transport and environmental compliance.
- Technical and Engineering Barriers: Research on structural durability, power generation efficiency and grid integration. This includes work on the reliability of offshore devices under harsh marine conditions, improvements in device efficiency and the optimization of energy transmission from offshore to onshore grids.
- Economic and Financial Challenges: Papers investigating the financial dynamics of offshore renewable energy projects, including the high initial costs, long payback period, financing and subsidies and comparative cost effectiveness versus other renewable energy sources.
This Special Issue also examines the latest advances in offshore renewable energy and wave energy conversion, including the following:
- Technology and Device Design Innovations: Papers on point absorbers, oscillating water columns, overtopping devices, hybrid systems and advances in cabling and mooring;
- Materials and Construction Advances: Studies on corrosion-resistant materials, self-healing materials and modular, scalable designs that enhance durability and ease of deployment;
- Data and Digital Technologies: Research using IoT sensors, predictive maintenance, wave prediction with machine learning and digital twins to improve device performance, efficiency and resilience.
Finally, we encourage submissions that present innovative solutions to address challenges in sustainable power generation, cost reduction and environmental mitigation, such as the following:
- Sustainable Power and Storage Solutions: Research on battery storage systems, hydrogen production and offshore energy hubs that integrate multiple renewable energy sources;
- Cost Reduction and Scaling Strategies: Studies on floating wave energy farms, shared infrastructure and public–private partnerships;
- Environmental Mitigation and Community Engagement: Solutions such as artificial reefs, community benefit programs and adaptive environmental monitoring that address ecological concerns and support local communities.
This Special Issue invites both experimental studies and comprehensive reviews in each of these focus areas. We look forward to receiving valuable contributions that will advance knowledge, technology and sustainability related to offshore renewable energy and wave energy conversion.
Dr. Luana Gurnari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- offshore wind turbine design
- offshore renewable energy sources (ORESs)
- offshore wind
- floating offshore solar systems
- ocean wave energy
- tidal energy
- wave energy converter
- energy conversion
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