A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy
A section of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Section Information
Wind, wave and tidal energy—commonly recognized as clean and environmentally friendly renewable energy resources—are becoming more commonplace, as the fraction of energy from renewable resources continues to increase. Nevertheless, significant challenges remain in reducing the levelized cost of energy for renewable technologies, particularly nascent technologies, such as wave and tidal. Also, as wind moves offshore, with both fixed and floating options, there is further opportunity to combine wind with wave and/or tidal. This Section aims to include contributions across the spectrum of scientific and engineering disciplines concerned with the development of wind, wave and tidal renewable technologies, from fundamental device development/design, supporting technologies (control, condition monitoring, etc.), power conversion, to grid integration and associated storage technologies. Studies on hybrid systems (combined wind/wave/tidal) are particularly encouraged, as are novel applications (apart from electricity production), including potable water production, amongst others. Download Section Flyer
Principal topic areas of this Section are listed below. This list is neither exhaustive nor exclusive:
Scope
- Wind, Wave and Tidal Devices (Converters and Other Components)
- Design and Manufacturing
- Aerodynamics/Hydrodynamics
- Simulation/Modeling
- Optimization
- Resource Assessment Techniques
- Modeling/Prediction/Forecasting
- Atmospheric Physics
- Planning/Siting/Layout/Optimization/Installations
- Flow/Loads/Waves/Wind Characterization
- Economics and Environmental Issues
- Power Generation
- Electrical Components and Generators
- Power Electronics and Controls
- Grid and Power Transmission/Connection
- Renewable Power Integration and Control, Energy Storage
- Operations and Maintenance
- Reliability/Maintainability
- Condition Monitoring/Fault Detection/Diagnostics/Prognostics
- Testing
- Controls
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Economics
- Other Related Hybrid and Autonomous Systems
- Combinations of Renewable Technologies
- Desalination
- Water Pumping
- Heating
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Optimal Control of Wind and Wave Energy Converters (Deadline: 5 April 2024)
- Development and Validation of Methodologies for Structural Monitoring of Floating Wind Turbines (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- Advances in Offshore Wind Energy Development (Deadline: 28 April 2024)
- Advanced Research and Methods of Noise Control for Wind Turbine (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Volume Ⅱ: Advances in Wind and Solar Farm Forecasting (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Computational Fluid Dynamics: Technologies and Applications for Renewable Energy Systems (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Advanced Structural Response and Performance of Wind Turbines (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Offshore Wind Support Structure Design (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Wind Turbine and Wind Farm Flows (Deadline: 18 May 2024)
- Tidal Turbines II (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Advances in Wind Turbine Vibration Modelling and Control (Deadline: 29 May 2024)
- Dynamic Analysis and Optimization of Wave Energy Devices (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Wind and Wave Energy Resource Assessment and Combined Utilization (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Modeling and Simulation of Floating Offshore Wind Farms (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Latest Developments in Offshore Wind Technologies (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Wind Generators Modelling and Control: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: Current Technologies and Future Trends (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Wind Turbine Advances in 2023 (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Condition Monitoring, Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control for Wind Turbines (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Novel Approaches for Wind Energy (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Advances in AI Methods for Wind Power Forecasting and Monitoring (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Recent Development and Future Perspective of Wind Power Generation (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Numerical Simulation and Computational Fluid Dynamics for Wind Energy (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Advancements in Methods to Evaluate Energy Potential of Water Currents and in the Design and Analysis of the Performance of Hydrokinetic Turbines (Deadline: 26 June 2024)
- Advances in Fluid Dynamics and Wind Power Systems (Deadline: 11 July 2024)
- Design and Performance Optimization of Tidal Turbines (Deadline: 18 July 2024)
- New Advances in Wave Energy Conversion (Deadline: 25 July 2024)
- Wind Turbines and Wind Farms Performance Analysis through Numerical and Experimental Methods (Deadline: 25 July 2024)
- Numerical Analysis, Field Testing and Experimental Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbines 2024 (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Ocean Energy Conversion and Magnetohydrodynamic Power Systems (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- Advances in Performance Evaluation for the Wind Power Generators (Deadline: 14 August 2024)
- Wind Energy End-of-Life Options: Theory and Practice (Deadline: 29 August 2024)
- Wave Energy: Theory, Methods, and Applications (Deadline: 4 September 2024)
- Advanced Control Technology of Integrated Wind and Wave Energy Conversion System (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Control, Real-Time Monitoring and Optimization for Wind Power Systems (Deadline: 25 September 2024)
- Probabilistic Design and Assessment of Wind Turbine Structures (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- The Safety and Reliability of Offshore Energy Assets (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Recent Developments of Wind Energy (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Structural Testing and Health Monitoring of Wind Turbines (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: