Sites exploring prioritisation of offshore wind energy potential and mapping for wind farms installation: Iranian islands case studies

MM Nezhad, M Neshat, G Piras, DA Garcia - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Offshore Wind Energy (OWE) can be considered the Renewable Energy Sources
(RESs) with a higher potential of newly installed power in marine areas more the following …

Marine renewable energy in the Mediterranean Sea: status and perspectives

TH Soukissian, D Denaxa, F Karathanasi… - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
In this work, an extended overview of the marine renewable energy in the Mediterranean
Sea is provided as regards current status, potential problems, challenges, and perspectives …

Exploiting offshore wind and solar resources in the Mediterranean using ERA5 reanalysis data

TH Soukissian, FE Karathanasi, DK Zaragkas - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Commercial electricity production from marine renewable sources is becoming a necessity
at a global scale. Offshore wind and solar resources can be combined to reduce …

Climate change impacts on wind energy potential in the European domain with a focus on the Black Sea

R Davy, N Gnatiuk, L Pettersson, L Bobylev - Renewable and sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
We may anticipate that climate change will bring changes to the intensity and variability of
near surface winds, either through local effects or by altering the large-scale flow. The …

Climate change impacts on the power generation potential of a European mid-century wind farms scenario

I Tobin, S Jerez, R Vautard, F Thais… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Wind energy resource is subject to changes in climate. To investigate the impacts of climate
change on future European wind power generation potential, we analyze a multi-model …

Using artificial neural networks for temporal and spatial wind speed forecasting in Iran

Y Noorollahi, MA Jokar, A Kalhor - Energy Conversion and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the past few years, significant progress has been made in wind power generation
worldwide. Because of the turbulent nature of wind velocity, the management of wind …

Prospects of renewable energy as a non-rivalry energy alternative in Libya

M Almaktar, M Shaaban - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that Libya is a petro-state economy, yet the country faces serious challenges
to supply its substantially growing demand for energy. With the high volatility in fossil fuel …

Optimized wind and wave energy resource assessment and offshore exploitability in the Mediterranean Sea

F Ferrari, G Besio, F Cassola, A Mazzino - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A mapping of wind and wave potentials of the whole Mediterranean basin, aimed at
identifying the areas where wind and wave events are not time-correlated, was performed in …

Geotechnical aspects of offshore wind turbine dynamics from 3D non-linear soil-structure simulations

E Kementzetzidis, S Corciulo, WG Versteijlen… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of the offshore wind industry is motivating substantial research efforts
worldwide, where offshore wind turbines (OWTs) of increasing size are being installed in …

An evaluation of the wind energy dynamics in the Baltic Sea, past and future projections

E Rusu - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of the present work is to analyse the expected dynamics of the wind energy in
the Baltic Sea. From the 18 offshore wind farms currently operating there, 10 locations with …