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Islam Amin, Mohamed E.A. Ali, Seif Bayoumi, Selda Oterkus, Hosam Shawky and Erkan Oterkus
The supply of freshwater has become a worldwide interest, due to serious water shortages in many countries. Due to rapid increases in the population, poor water management, and limitations of freshwater resources, Egypt is currently below the water scarc...
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Pedro Almeida Vinagre, Teresa Simas, Erica Cruz, Emiliano Pinori and Johan Svenson
Biofouling is a major problem shared among all maritime sectors employing submerged structures where it leads to substantially increased costs and lowered operational lifespans if poorly addressed. Insight into the ongoing processes at the relevant marin...
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Andrew Want, Audrey Goubard, Solène Jonveaux, Donald Leaver and Michael C. Bell
Marine habitats are being targeted for the extraction of offshore renewable energy (ORE) as part of the drive to decarbonise electricity generation. Unmanaged biofouling impacts ORE devices and infrastructure by elevating drag forces, increasing weight, ...
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James Slingsby, Beth E. Scott, Louise Kregting, Jason McIlvenny, Jared Wilson and Benjamin J. Williamson
Tidal energy is a rapidly developing area of the marine renewable energy sector that requires converters to be placed within areas of fast current speeds to be commercially viable. Tidal environments are also utilised by marine fauna (marine mammals, sea...
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Francisco Francisco and Jan Sundberg
Techniques for marine monitoring have been greatly evolved over the past decades, making the acquisition of environmental data safer, more reliable and more efficient. On the other hand, the marine renewable energy sector has introduced dissimilar ways o...
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R. Gayathri, Jen-Yi Chang, Chia-Cheng Tsai and Tai-Wen Hsu
An oscillating water column (OWC) is designed for the extraction and conversion of wave energy into usable electrical power, rather than being a standalone renewable energy source. This review paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the mathematical m...
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Haocheng Chao, Zhumei Luo, Tao Yang and Guanghe Dong
This study utilizes a bidirectional fluid?structure interaction numerical method to investigate the hydrodynamic and energy harvesting characteristics of two tandem three rigidly connected cylinder oscillators with different inter-oscillator spacing rati...
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Russell Shomberg, Michael Jakuba and Dana Yoerger
We propose a design for a float capable of harvesting wave energy while fully submerged. The proposed design could theoretically operate indefinitely without ever breaching the surface. We developed and validated design guidelines for the proposed float ...
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Alexandra Ionelia Manolache, Gabriel Andrei and Liliana Rusu
The development of novel solar power technologies is regarded as one of the essential solutions to meeting the world?s rising energy demand. Floating photovoltaic panels (FPV) have several advantages over land-based installations, including faster deploy...
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Paul Murdy, Scott Hughes, David A. Miller, Francisco J. Presuel-Moreno, George T. Bonheyo, Budi Gunawan and Bernadette A. Hernandez-Sanchez
Fiber-reinforced polymer composites have been highlighted as ideal candidates for structural applications in marine renewable energy devices, such as tidal turbines and wave energy converters. It is well understood that harsh marine environments can caus...
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Souha Ajmi, Martial Boutet, Anne-Claire Bennis, Jean-Claude Dauvin and Jean-Philippe Pezy
Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) foundations are considered to have a potential impact on the larval dispersion of benthic species. This study focused on OWFs? impacts on larval dispersion, considering factors such as the foundation type, flow velocity, flow dir...
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Andrea E. Copping, Daniel J. Hasselman, Charles W. Bangley, Joel Culina and Max Carcas
Commercial development of tidal stream energy is hampered by technical and financial challenges, and impeded by uncertainty about potential environmental effects that drive environmental risk assessments and permitting (consenting) processes. The effect ...
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Nicholas Petzinna, Vladimir Nikora, Joe Onoufriou and Benjamin J. Williamson
With rising interest in marine renewable energy (MRE) associated with offshore wind, waves, and tidal flows, the effects of device placement on changes in animal behaviour require proper assessment to minimise environmental impacts and inform decision ma...
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Shauna Creane, Michael O?Shea, Mark Coughlan and Jimmy Murphy
Offshore anthropogenic activities such as the installation of Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) developments and sediment extraction for marine aggregates have been shown to disrupt current flow, wave propagation, and sediment transport pathways, leading t...
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Guoqiang Zhang, Irfan Ahmed Khan, Amil Daraz, Abdul Basit and Muhammad Irshad Khan
In seaports, low-carbon energy systems and energy efficiency have become increasingly important as a result of the evolution of environmental and climate change challenges. In order to ensure the continued success of seaports, technological advancements ...
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Agung Iswadi, Joanne S. Porter, Michael C. Bell, Leuserina Garniati, Robert E. Harris and Gadang Priyotomo
Marine renewable energy holds strategic potential in Indonesia, not only to meet the target of renewable energy share in the national energy mix but also to provide equal access to clean energy throughout the archipelago. Marine energy in Indonesia is st...
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Victor Ramos, Gianmaria Giannini, Tomás Calheiros-Cabral, Mario López, Paulo Rosa-Santos and Francisco Taveira-Pinto
The combined exploitation of wave and offshore wind energy resources is expected to improve the cost competitiveness of the wave energy industry as a result of shared capital and operational costs. In this context, the objective of this work is to explor...
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Florin Onea and Eugen Rusu
The Portuguese nearshore represents a suitable environment for the development of marine energy farms, with recent progress being related to the implementation of the first commercial wave farm or a large scale floating wind project. At the same time, th...
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Philippe Refait, Anne-Marie Grolleau, Marc Jeannin and René Sabot
Cathodic protection efficiency of complex carbon steel structures in confined seawater environment was studied using a specific experimental device. Schematically, this device consisted of a Plexiglas matrix, crossed by a channel 50 cm long, 5 mm deep, 1...
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Alicia M. Amerson, Tyler M. Harris, Savanna R. Michener, Cailene M. Gunn and Joseph H. Haxel
Recommendations derived from papers documenting the Triton Field Trials (TFiT) study of marine energy environmental monitoring technology and methods under the Triton Initiative (Triton), as reported in this Special Issue, are summarized here. Additional...
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