Although wave energy prototypes have been proposed for more than 100 years, they have
still not reached full commercialisation. The reasons for this are varied, but include the …

Unlike more established renewable energy conversion technologies, such as wind turbines,
wave power systems have reached neither commercial maturity, nor technological …

There are more than thousands of concepts for harvesting wave energy, and wave energy
converters (WECs) are diverse in operating principles, design geometries and deployment …

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 …

With an increasing focus on climate action and energy security, an appropriate mix of
renewable energy technologies is imperative. Despite having considerable global potential …

In recent years, the fundamental principle of impedance-matching (IM) has inspired a
number of sophisticated, yet simple, control solutions for wave energy converters (WEC) …

This paper investigates model predictive control (MPC) of a single sea wave energy
converter (WEC). By using control schemes which constrain certain quantities, such as the …

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the status of wave energy conversion (WEC)
technologies from a different perspective. Past studies based on WEC systems are …

Wave energy has a significant part to play in providing a carbon-free solution to the world's
increasing appetite for energy. In many countries, there is sufficient wave energy to cater for …

Energy-maximising wave energy conversion control strategies are commonly based upon
direct optimal control theory, where the control problem is discretised and transcribed into a …