Hybrid Systems for Marine Energy 2023

Dear Colleagues,

Technologies to harvest marine renewable energies (MREs) are at a pre-commercial developmental stage, and significant R&D progress is still required in order to improve their competitiveness. However, hybridization has significant potential to foster synergies among the different harvesting technologies and resources. In this Special Issue, hybridization is understood in three different manners: (i) combination of technologies to harvest different MREs (e.g., wave energy converter combined with wind turbine); (ii) combination of different working principles to harvest the same resource (e.g., oscillating water column with overtopping device to harvest wave energy); or (iii) integration of harvesting technologies in multifunctional platforms and structures (e.g., integration of wave energy converters in breakwaters, oil and gas platforms, or aquaculture platforms). This Special Issue will publish cutting-edge research on the development of hybrid technologies for MRE harvesting, providing a rapid turn-around time for reviewing and publishing, to disseminate articles freely for research, teaching, and reference purposes.

This Special Issue follows up from the successful first installment, "Hybrid Systems for Marine Energy Harvesting". All papers on this topic will be considered.

Prof. Dr. Paulo Jorge Rosa-Santos
Prof. Dr. Francisco Taveira Pinto
Dr. Mario López Gallego
Prof. Dr. Claudio Alexis Rodríguez Castillo
Guest Editors

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