Ocean wave energy converters: Status and challenges

T Aderinto, H Li - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Wave energy is substantial as a resource, and its potential to significantly contribute to the
existing energy mix has been identified. However, the commercial utilization of wave energy …

Wind-wave climate changes and their impacts

M Casas-Prat, MA Hemer, G Dodet, J Morim… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Wind-waves have an important role in Earth system dynamics through air–sea interactions
and are key drivers of coastal and offshore hydro-morphodynamics that affect communities …

Extreme sea levels on the rise along Europe's coasts

MI Vousdoukas, L Mentaschi, E Voukouvalas… - Earth's …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Future extreme sea levels (ESLs) and flood risk along European coasts will be strongly
impacted by global warming. Yet, comprehensive projections of ESL that include mean sea …

Global changes of extreme coastal wave energy fluxes triggered by intensified teleconnection patterns

L Mentaschi, MI Vousdoukas… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In this study we conducted a comprehensive modeling analysis to identify global trends in
extreme wave energy flux (WEF) along coastlines in the 21st century under a high emission …

Ship voyage optimization for safe and energy-efficient navigation: A dynamic programming approach

R Zaccone, E Ottaviani, M Figari, M Altosole - Ocean engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The paper presents a 3D dynamic programming based ship voyage optimization method,
aiming to select the optimal path and speed profile for a ship voyage on the basis of weather …

Wave energy resource assessment in the Mediterranean Sea on the basis of a 35-year hindcast

G Besio, L Mentaschi, A Mazzino - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Future wind and wave energy resources and exploitability in the Mediterranean Sea by 2100

A Lira-Loarca, F Ferrari, A Mazzino, G Besio - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A state-of-the-art regional assessment of future wind and wave energy resource in the
Mediterranean Sea and the projected changes with respect to hindcast is presented. A multi …

Wind waves in the Mediterranean Sea: an ERA5 reanalysis wind-based climatology

F Barbariol, S Davison, FM Falcieri, R Ferretti… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A climatology of the wind waves in the Mediterranean Sea is presented. The climate
patterns, their spatio-temporal variability and change are based on a 40-year (1980–2019) …

Effects of a severe storm on seagrass meadows

A Oprandi, L Mucerino, F De Leo, CN Bianchi… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Extreme environmental events can strongly affect coastal marine ecosystems but are
typically unpredictable. Reliable data on benthic community conditions before such events …

Dynamic response of a sea-crossing cable-stayed suspension bridge under simultaneous wind and wave loadings induced by a landfall typhoon

K Wei, X Zhong, H Cai, X Li, H **ao - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Sea-crossing bridges with long spans are sensitive to wind and wave environments. The
estimation of the dynamic response under simultaneous wind and wave loadings is hence …