The wave energy sector has made and is still doing a great effort in order to open up a niche
in the energy market, working on several and diverse concepts and making advances in all …

Since the introduction of the concept of very large floating structure (VLFS), research in this
area has become increasingly intensive. VLFSs have the potential to serve various functions …

With the recent sharp increases in the price of oil, issues of security of supply, and pressure
to honor greenhouse gas emission limits (eg, the Kyoto protocol), much attention has turned …

This review focuses on the most suitable form of hydrodynamic modeling for the next
generation wave energy converter (WEC) design tools. To design and optimize a WEC, it is …

Mathematical modelling of wave energy devices has many uses, including power production
assessment, simulation of device motion and as a basis for model-based control design …

Energy-maximizing controllers for wave energy devices are normally based on linear
hydrodynamic device models. Such models ignore nonlinear effects which typically manifest …

Ocean wave energy has been of interest since at least the mid-1970s and great advances in
the understanding of the fundamental principles of wave energy extraction and converter …

A wave energy converter must be designed to survive and function efficiently, often in highly
energetic ocean environments. This represents a challenging engineering problem …

Survivability is by no means a new concept to ocean engineering; ships must remain stable
and structurally intact in violent sea states; the same is true for offshore oil and gas …

The wave energy industry has grown considerably over the past two decades, develo**
many different technologies, but still has not achieved economic viability. Economic …