Tidal and Ocean Current Energy

Dear Colleagues,

Despite strong growth in energy demand, most of the energy currently available is still mainly from nonrenewable resources. Renewable energy resources (for example, wind, solar or ocean currents, among others) possess an enormous potential owing to they are pollution-free and inexhaustible resource. However, although the technology developments for harnessing energy from the wind and the sun is in its maturity, the technology for harnessing energy from ocean currents is still in its infancy.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to publish exciting research in support of the development of ocean current energy in order to outline the current state of the art and highlight the emerging trends and challenges in this field, ranging from mathematical modeling to methodological aspects. Both high-quality original research and review papers are thus invited on:

• Tidal and ocean current technologies;
• Sensor systems for tidal and ocean current applications;
• Signal processing and power electronics for tidal and ocean current systems;
• Control and modeling for tidal and ocean current systems;
• Robotics for tidal and ocean current systems;
• Industrial informatics for monitoring and controlling tidal and ocean current systems;
• Risk and reliability models for tidal and ocean current applications;
• Lifecycle assessment for tidal and ocean current applications;
• Technoeconomic modeling for tidal and ocean current applications;
• Production costs for tidal and ocean current applications;
• Energy strategies for tidal and ocean current applications;
• Business modeling for tidal and ocean current applications;
• Levelized cost of electricity protections for tidal and ocean current applications.

Prof. Dr. Rafael Morales
Prof. Dr. Eva Segura Asensio
Guest Editors

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