Ocean wave energy converters: Technical principle, device realization, and performance evaluation

Y Zhang, Y Zhao, W Sun, J Li - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
As a renewable energy with immense development potential, ocean wave energy has
abundant storage. The utilizations of wave energy technology to exploit wave energy …

A new framework and tool for ecological risk assessment of wave energy converters projects

I Galparsoro, M Korta, I Subirana, Á Borja… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine renewable energy has considerable potential for enhancing the diversity of
renewable sources, to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and combat climate change. While …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-economic and environmental impacts of renewable energy deployments: A review

D Virah-Sawmy, B Sturmberg - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Mitigating global warming requires the rapid deployment of renewable energy (RE) systems
throughout all parts of the world economy. A crucial step for such deployments is the …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of Wave Energy Converters in the Galapagos islands

E Meneses, R Soria, J Portilla… - Energy Strategy …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the potential of Wave Energy Converters (WECs) technology in the
Galapagos Islands. Despite the region's high wave energy potential (262 TWh/year of gross …

Introducing ocean energy industries to a busy marine environment

L Hammar, M Gullström, TG Dahlgren… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The immense energy potential of the oceans is being increasingly recognized the world
over, at the same time the integrity of marine ecosystems is challenged by pressure from …

A critical survey of power take-off systems based wave energy converters: Summaries, advances, and perspectives

B Yang, J Duan, Y Chen, S Wu, M Li, P Cao, L Jiang - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Being one of the most promising renewable energy sources, ocean wave energy (OWE)
demonstrates considerable development and application potential. Consequently, various …

Detection of visual signatures of marine mammals and fish within marine renewable energy farms using multibeam imaging sonar

F Francisco, J Sundberg - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2019 - mdpi.com
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 …

A hybrid structure of piezoelectric fibers and soft materials as a smart floatable open-water wave energy converter

S Baghbani Kordmahale, J Do, KA Chang, J Kameoka - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
An open-water wave energy converter (OWEC) made of a new soft platform has been
developed by combining piezoelectric macro-fiber composites (MFCs) and a low-cost …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of assessment-methods for wave renewable energy: resource and installation feasibility

O Choupin, B Del Río-Gamero… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
As wave renewables can be a cornerstone in the energy mix framework necessary for a
green energy transition, a new integrated model is introduced to assess coastal locations …

Underwater noise from a wave energy converter is unlikely to affect marine mammals

J Tougaard - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Underwater noise was recorded from the Wavestar wave energy converter; a full-scale
hydraulic point absorber, placed on a jack-up rig on the Danish North Sea coast. Noise was …