Marine Renewable Energy and Sustainable Ocean Resources
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Oceans".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ocean engineering; coastal engineering; offshore foundation; marine geotechnical engineering; seawater corrosion; coating; marine/coastal protected areas; pollution and sustainable ocean governance; sustainable smart and green port
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Interests: offshore geotechnical engineering; coastal engineering; fluid–seabed–structure interactions; seabed foundation instability; liquefaction; local scour; numerical modelling
Interests: ocean engineering; port engineering; simplified calculation methods; bearing characteristic; failure mode; pile–soil interaction; soft clay soil; numerical simulation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The sustainable utilization of ocean resources and the rapid development of marine renewable energy are key pathways to achieving global carbon neutrality. Offshore wind, wave, tidal and ocean current energy are increasingly recognized as reliable and abundant renewable energy sources, while sustainable ocean resource management ensures the balance between energy exploitation, marine ecosystems and coastal community resilience. At the same time, the integration of innovative offshore engineering technologies, advanced materials and digital solutions plays a vital role in enabling safe, efficient and environmentally friendly marine energy development.
This Special Issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research and technological advances in marine renewable energy systems and sustainable ocean resources management, with a particular focus on engineering applications and cross-disciplinary innovations. We invite researchers and engineers to submit their latest research works on subjects including, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Offshore wind, wave, tidal, and current energy technologies
- Floating offshore wind turbines and hybrid energy systems
- Offshore geotechnical engineering and foundation design for renewable structures
- Dynamics, stability and reliability of marine energy infrastructures
- Coastal and offshore hydrodynamics under extreme environmental conditions
- Ocean energy storage and grid integration technologies
- Multi-use offshore platforms and ocean space utilization
- Coupled modeling of wave–structure–seabed interaction in marine energy projects
- Materials, durability and corrosion protection for offshore structures
- Monitoring, sensing and digital twin technologies in marine engineering
- Risk assessment, safety management and lifecycle analysis of marine energy systems
- Ocean carbon sequestration and low-carbon solutions for sustainable oceans
Prof. Dr. Zhong Xiao
Dr. Lin Cui
Dr. Linlin He
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine renewable energy
- offshore wind
- wave energy
- tidal energy
- ocean current energy
- offshore geotechnical engineering
- wave–structure–seabed interaction
- sustainable ocean resources
- offshore infrastructure
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