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Advances in Wind Energy Structures II

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: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 2118

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Charalampos Baniotopoulos

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School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Interests: sustainable energy systems; building-integrated sustainable energy systems; circular economy; building circularity; circular value chain; sustainable development goals; LCA; sustainable engineering
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Dear Colleagues,

Wind is currently considered as the most promising renewable source of sustainable energy that represents the fastest growing sector globally in terms of power generation. Onshore, offshore, floating, and hovering wind farms contribute to this remarkable expansion with a clear trend towards larger wind energy converters and emerging innovative ideas. Rotor diameters exceeding 150 m and turbines generating more than 7.5 MW have started becoming common industrial practice, posing new challenges for structural and wind engineering researchers and practitioners working on different topics related to the analysis, design, construction, monitoring, maintenance, and decommissioning of the complex structural systems required to support the new generation of such wind energy converters.

Thus, to further spread the technologies and methods related to the emerging technologies of wind energy, this Special Issue entitled “Advances in Wind Energy Structures ΙΙ” was proposed for the international journal Energies, which is an SCIE journal (2021 IF = 3.004, 5 Year IF=3.085). This Special Issue principally covers original research and studies related to the abovementioned topics, including but not limited to wind, wave, or current loadings on onshore, offshore, floating, and hovering wind turbine towers; the respective challenges related to the structural systems and materials, foundations, and mooring systems of floating structures, guidelines, and codes; and other related topics.

Papers selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

I invite you to submit your original work to this Special Issue.

I am looking forward to receiving your outstanding research.

Prof. Dr. Charalampos Baniotopoulos
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Transfer of fundamental research into design guidance
  • Environmental and accidental loads and actions on wind energy structures
  • Wind–wave–current loading and interactions on offshore and floating structures
  • Multi-hazard scenarios and design implications
  • Performance-based, reliability-based, and risk-based design approaches
  • Soil–foundation–structure dynamic interactions in onshore and offshore structures
  • Experimental and computational studies on the dynamics of wind energy structures
  • Improved innovative wind turbine tower design concepts
  • Improved innovative wind energy structure foundation systems
  • Improved innovative structural systems
  • Improved innovative techniques on the structural control of wind energy structures
  • The development and use of new materials for wind energy structures
  • Fatigue and wear on wind energy structures
  • Structural health monitoring and maintenance strategies of wind energy structures
  • Through-life analyses, LCA, and sustainability design analysis
  • Resilience of wind energy structures
  • Field applications, feasibilty, and case studies
  • Modular sustainable energy islands

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25 pages, 2282 KiB  
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Experts versus the Public: Perceptions of Siting Wind Turbines and Performance Concerns
by Neveen Hamza, Ruben Paul Borg, Liberato Camilleri and Charalampos Baniotopoulos
Energies 2022, 15(20), 7743; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15207743 - 19 Oct 2022
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Experiences of wind turbines (WT) shape public perception and acceptance of the technology, influencing government policy, deployment, and land-use policies of wind turbines. This paper attempts to find changes in public perceptions over the last three decades and differences between experts and the [...] Read more.
Experiences of wind turbines (WT) shape public perception and acceptance of the technology, influencing government policy, deployment, and land-use policies of wind turbines. This paper attempts to find changes in public perceptions over the last three decades and differences between experts and the public over different land-use options. A semi-structured questionnaire that integrates a visual survey of 10 images of WT technology in different urban, landscape and seascape settings was presented to both groups. The perceptions of siting, proximity, landscape type, and maturity of urban wind turbines’ technology in renewable energy generation were contrasted. The results revealed that both the public and experts alike significantly preferred images of WT inclusion in seascape and landscape settings and responded negatively to images of WT as an addition to buildings in urban contexts. Images of wind turbines around transport settings were ranked in the second set of acceptances, after landscape settings, indicating that closer proximity to WT is acceptable, but for a short duration. The analysis also highlighted a preference by the public for aesthetically engaging WT, even if they resulted in lower energy yields, but were less accepted by the experts who based their judgment on technical performance. Full article
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