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Sustainable Ocean Engineering and the Development and Utilization of Marine Renewable Energy

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Oceans".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 685

Special Issue Editors

Institute for Ocean Engineering, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
Interests: marine renewable energy; vortex-induced vibration; computational fluid dynamics; fluid–structure interactions; marine hydrodynamics
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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of Sustainability entitled “Sustainable Ocean Engineering and the Development and Utilization of Marine Renewable Energy”.

This Special Issue aims to highlight innovative research and cutting-edge developments in sustainable ocean engineering, with a particular focus on the advancement, optimization, and practical application of marine renewable energy technologies. We invite contributions that explore the intersection of environmental sustainability, engineering design, and energy production in the context of ocean resources.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Design and optimization of marine renewable energy systems (e.g., tidal, wave, offshore wind, ocean thermal energy conversion);
  • Environmental impact assessments of marine energy technologies;
  • Integration of marine renewable energy into existing energy grids;
  • Advances in materials and structures for ocean engineering applications;
  • Sustainable ocean engineering practices and environmental protection;
  • Policy, regulation, and economic considerations for marine renewable energy development;
  • Technological innovation in energy storage and transmissions of marine renewable energy.

We welcome original research articles, review papers, and case studies that address both theoretical advancements and practical challenges in the field.

We look forward to receiving your contributions and advancing the field of sustainable ocean engineering and marine renewable energy.

Dr. Enhao Wang
Dr. Ming He
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainable ocean engineering
  • marine renewable energy
  • offshore wind energy
  • tidal energy
  • wave energy
  • ocean thermal energy conversion
  • marine energy integration
  • environmental impact assessment
  • energy storage and transmission
  • ocean engineering design

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Numerical Analysis of Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Performance in an Innovative Composite Monopile Foundation for Offshore Wind Turbines Using a Fully Nonlinear Potential Flow Model
by Shuang Liang, Lin Lin, Fayun Liang, Panpan Shen and Shilun Zhao
Sustainability 2025, 17(11), 4769; https://doi.org/10.3390/su17114769 - 22 May 2025
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Offshore wind turbines serve as critical infrastructure components in marine renewable energy systems, enabling sustainable energy extraction within offshore engineering frameworks. Monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines in deep-water environments are subjected to strong nonlinear wave actions. This study introduces a novel composite [...] Read more.
Offshore wind turbines serve as critical infrastructure components in marine renewable energy systems, enabling sustainable energy extraction within offshore engineering frameworks. Monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines in deep-water environments are subjected to strong nonlinear wave actions. This study introduces a novel composite monopile foundation specifically designed for deep-sea applications, with its fully nonlinear hydrodynamic performance systematically investigated using potential flow theory. The novel hybrid monopile incorporates a concrete-filled double-skin steel tubular (CFDST) configuration to reduce pile diameter at water level. In the numerical model, the higher-order boundary element method (HOBEM) is implemented to resolve boundary value problems at each temporal iteration. Following numerical validation, nonlinear wave loading and run-up characteristics for the CFDST hybrid structure are quantified, while the limitations of Morison’s equation for large-scale structures under strongly nonlinear wave conditions are concurrently assessed. Results indicate that CFDST implementation effectively attenuates both nonlinear hydrodynamic forces and wave run-up amplitudes, enabling safer and more economical design approaches for deep-water offshore wind turbine foundations. Full article
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