Renewable Energies and Ocean Technologies: Challenges to the Green and Blue Economy

Dear Colleagues,

The earth is composed mostly of oceans, which are the least explored resources on our planet. The European Council predicts that by 2050, 50% of our electricity needs will come from marine renewable energy systems.

With the threat of global warming and climate change, there is an urgent need to harness alternative energy sources free of carbon dioxide pollution and not derived from fossil fuels; wind energy, wave energy, and green hydrogen offer proven and economic alternatives.

To limit fracking, exploiting tar sands for oil and gas, and other environmentally harmful fossil fuel mining, we need other renewable forms of energy to become cheaper and more convenient to use than fossil fuels. Of all the renewable forms of energy (wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and green hydrogen), wind and solar have shown very positive growth due to significant economic and technological advancements.

This Special Issue will be a discussion of new research concepts, equipment, technology, materials and structures, and other scientific advances within the field of power generation and transmission, estuarine, coastal, offshore, and deepwater engineering with particular reference to developments, exploration, installation, application, and utilization of offshore resources.

This Special Issue also covers topics related to research, design, and construction of wind engineering and renewable energy, computational mechanics and design optimization, instrumentation and testing, structural integrity and life extension of structures, wind and wave dynamics, sedimentation, structural/stress analysis, soil mechanics, material research, and economic, environmental, and legal aspects.

The Guest Editors of this Special Issue on renewable energies and ocean technologies hope to include contributions from engineers, metallurgists, and scientists, among others, allowing for a multidisciplinary discussion.

Dr. José A.F.O. Correia
Prof. Shun-Peng Zhu
Dr. Nicholas Fantuzzi
Dr. Yuming Liu
Prof. Dr. Lance Manuel
Guest Editors

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