Floating vertical−axis wind turbines present unique advantages for deep−water offshore deployments, but their basin model testing encounters significant challenges in aerodynamic load simulation due to Reynolds scaling effects. While Frou...
The gyroscopic effect has significant impacts on the stability, dynamic behavior, and vibration characteristics of high-speed rotating systems. A floating offshore vertical axis wind turbine (FOVWT) exhibits gyroscope-like motions under combined wind...
The offshore wind sector is expanding to deep water locations through floating platforms. This poses challenges to horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs) due to the ever growing size of blades and floating support structures. As such, maintaining the...
Large-scale vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) have potential applications in the oceanic environment due to their ease of installation and maintenance. Most research has focused on the aerodynamic enhancement of VAWTs; however, controlling the stru...
Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) have a long history, with a wide variety of turbine archetypes that have been designed and tested since the 1970s. While few utility-scale VAWTs currently exist, the placement of the generator near the turbine base...
This study investigates the elastic response characteristics of a floating wind turbine (FOWT) with two vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs), called double-rotor VAWTs. The model consists of two VAWTs mounted on a single semi-submersible floating stru...
This study presents a new concept design combining multiple megawatt (MW) vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) and a solar array with a floating steel fish-farming cage. This combined wind–solar–aquaculture (WSA) system is intended to util...
Offshore floating wind foundations supporting a large wind turbine require a large yard facility or significant facility upgrades for their fabrication. To overcome the cost increase associated with facility upgrades, an innovative lightweight modula...
Renewable energy has received a lot of attention. In recent years, offshore wind power has received particular attention among renewable energies. Fixed-type offshore wind turbines are now the most popular. However, because of the deep seas surroundi...
Considering the aero-hydro-mooring-control coupled performance of a floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT), the numerical model of the floating helical VAWT system is established, and the fully coupled simulation program of the floating helical V...
Growing energy demand is causing a significant decrease in the world’s hydrocarbon stock in addition to the pollution of our ecosystem. Based on this observation, the search for alternative sorts of energy to fossil fuels is being increasingly...
The emerging floating vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are regarded as a preferred solution to overcome the challenges faced by the traditional horizontal type in open-sea environments. Numerous numerical models have been advanced for assessing th...
Aerodynamics and motion performance of the floating vertical wind turbine (VAWT) were studied in this paper, where the wind turbine was H-type and the floating foundation was truss spar type. Based on the double-multiple-stream-tube theory, the formu...
This study presents a novel semi-submersible platform design for 10 MW vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs), specifically engineered to address the compounded challenges of China’s intermediate-depth (40 m), typhoon-prone maritime environment. U...
The strong and stable wind at offshore locations and the increasing demand for energy have made the application of wind turbines in deeper water surge. A novel concept of a 5 MW baseline Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (FVAWT) and a 5 MW optimise...
Barge-type platforms with moonpools are a promising type of foundation for floating offshore wind turbines due to their good seakeeping performance. In this paper, the mean wave drift force on a barge-type vertical-axis floating wind turbine with mul...
The rapid expansion of offshore wind energy requires exploring alternative turbine architectures capable of operating efficiently in deep waters. While horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) dominate the current market, vertical-axis wind turbines (VA...
This study analyzes the dynamic response of a floating dual vertical-axis tidal turbine platform under extreme environmental loads, focusing on two different mooring systems as follows: taut and catenary. The analysis assumes a non-operational turbin...
Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are suitable for Japan’s coastal waters. As one of the unique concepts of FOWTs, the floating axis wind turbine (FAWT) is a type of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) that actively uses the features of VAW...
This study provides a comprehensive overview of vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) for emerging energy applications by combining a bibliometric analysis and a thematic mini-review. Scopus-indexed publications from 1979 to 2025 were analyzed using PR...
The applications of floating vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) in deep water have been proposed and studied by several researchers recently. However, the feasibility of deploying a floating VAWT at a moderate water depth has not yet been studied. I...
The vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) design has several advantages for offshore wind turbine installation. The VAWT provides omnidirectional wind power, and its mechanical rotating mechanisms can be installed near sea level. In this paper, the selec...
There are many promising renewable energy (RE) technologies that could help increase the contribution of RE in energy supply but which are not yet commercially available. The development rate of new RE technologies depends on many factors, such as Re...
Operating Offshore Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (OF-VAWT) have the potential to perform well in the deep-sea area. Some researchers gave performance prediction by developing simplified computing models. However, these models have imperfection...