Exploring Offshore Wind Innovation: Breakthroughs in Renewable Energy Research
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 173
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue titled “Exploring Offshore Wind Innovation: Breakthroughs in Renewable Energy Research” aims to showcase the latest advancements in the field of offshore wind energy, an increasingly vital component of the global renewable energy portfolio. This issue will focus on novel technologies, innovative design approaches, and cutting-edge research that enhance the efficiency, sustainability, and integration of offshore wind systems.
The scope of the Special Issue encompasses a variety of topics including, but not limited to advancements in turbine technology, innovative foundation designs such as in floating wind, improvements in grid integration techniques, strategies for minimizing environmental impacts, integration of new wind energy converters in the Earth atmosphere. This issue will also explore aspects that support the deployment and scalability of offshore wind technologies. The issue will showcase unique experiments, either in the laboratory or in the field, that are key to demonstrate innovations in offshore wind and promote their usage at a commercial scale.
This Special Issue will position itself within the existing literature by building on research of recent years while pushing the boundaries of current knowledge. It aims to bridge gaps in technology and application, promoting further research and development efforts in the field of offshore wind. By compiling contemporary research efforts and breakthrough innovations, this issue will serve as a critical resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers engaged in the renewable energy sector, particularly those focused on the expansion and optimization of offshore wind.
Dr. Alessandro Fontanella
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- offshore wind energy
- turbine technology
- environmental impact
- atmosphere
- scalability
- experiments
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