Renewable Energy from the Sea

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the marine energy industry has experienced an increasing level of interest and activity across a range of technology-readiness levels, from blue skies research to the commercialization of marine energy conversion technologies; from the development of new concepts to sea tests of devices, and in some cases even array deployments. Sustainability is delighted to announce a Special Issue on “Renewable Energy from the Sea”, aiming to capture the latest advances in marine energy research and development, which will accelerate the uptake of new technologies and the expansion of the industry on a global scale.

The issue covers, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• ocean waves, tides, salinity, ocean temperature differences
• wave and tidal resource modelling, characterization and assessment
• design and assessment of novel wave and tidal energy converter components and systems;
• offshore wind power
• offshore hydrogen production from wave energy
• system and component reliability
• hybrid wave, tidal and offshore wind arrays;
• Environmental impact, LCA, socio-economic benefits of marine energy;
• control and power system integration of wave and tidal arrays;
• operational and logistics aspects of marine energy conversion systems;
• policy, regulatory and commercial practices.

Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Franzitta
Dr. Domenico Curto
Guest Editors

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