This paper reviews research in ocean engineering over the last 50+ years with the aim to (I)
understand the technological challenges and evolution in the field,(II) investigate whether …

The ocean is a huge energy conversion field, and ocean renewable energy (ORE) can
provide us with a constant source of energy. Research on ORE collection and utilization has …

The existence of sunlight, air and other resources on earth must be used in an appropriate
way for human welfare while still protecting the environment and its living creatures. The …

Wave energy is arguably one of the most promising renewables. Less developed at present
than other renewables, the existing models to estimate the costs of a wave energy project …

Globally, more than 740 million people live on islands which are often seen as ideal
environments for the development of renewable energy systems. Hereby, they play the role …

A review of some representative floating wave energy converter (WEC) projects in the world,
including the wave energy capturing technology, development history, main dimensions and …

The evolution of offshore wind resources in the Mediterranean Sea up to 2100 is studied
following the latest climate-change scenarios, the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. Three …

A state-of-the-art, in terms of spatio-temporal resolution (about 10 km and on a hourly basis)
and temporal span (35 years), wave hindcast is exploited to update existing assessments of …

Motivated by the fact that in isolated island environments the extraction of the renewable
energy becomes an issue of increasing importance, the objective of the present work is to …

Sardinia (Italy) is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and its economy is
penalized by high costs of electricity, which is double compared to the continental Italian …