Marine Renewables–Infrastructures and Physical Testing

Dear Colleagues,

In order to quantify the contribution offshore renewable energy (ORE) can make towards satisfying our sustainable energy needs, we need to have confidence in the performance quantification of offshore wind, wave and tidal technologies as they develop from scale prototype to pre-commercial technology. Accurate and representative performance quantification of prototype systems as they scale up from small laboratory-scale through intermediate-scale in-sea testing is vital to give confidence to technology developers and potential investors as they strive to develop mechanically robust and commercially viable offshore renewable technology. Key to this is the development of best practices for technology testing and performance assessment and their implementation by testing infrastructures to attain accurate and reliable quantification. The purpose of this invited Special Issue is to publish state of the art research papers focusing on “MaRINET2: Marine Renewables—Infrastructures and Physical Testing" in respect of the above. The aim is to provide a rapid turn-around time regarding reviewing and publishing, and to disseminate articles freely for research, teaching and reference purposes.

High-quality papers are encouraged for publication that are directly related to various aspects, as mentioned below:

• ORE testing infrastructure specification, configuration and testing procedures and practices;
• Physical testing of tidal energy systems;
• Physical testing of wave energy systems;
• Physical testing of offshore wind energy systems;
• Physical testing of marine renewable electrical network interfacing equipment;
• Physical testing of offshore wind and tidal rotor blades;
• Physical testing of structural and fatigue loadings of offshore renewable mooring components and electrical umbilical cables;
• Consistency of testing practices and results from repeated testing across multiple infrastructures;
• The impact of testing infrastructure and configuration on system performance.

Dr. Cameron Johnstone
Guest Editor

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