Accurate forecasts of ocean waves energy can not only reduce costs for investment, but it is
also essential for the management and operation of electrical power. This paper presents an …

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) …

The vast majority of existing wave energy converter (WEC) technologies are designed to
absorb wave power through a single mode of motion, often constraining the device on the …

Computationally fast and accurate mathematical models are essential for effective design,
optimization, and control of wave energy converters. However, the energy-maximising …

The mooring system of floating wave energy converters (WECs) has a crucial impact on
power generation efficiency, cost of delivered energy, proper operation, reliability and …

The main challenge in designing offshore renewable energy structures is to ensure their
structural integrity on a life cycle basis while operating in harsh environments and, in …

The construction of the prototype OWC plant proposed development requirements of the
wave-to-wire model for the overall performance predictions, which should balance the …

Applications including the offshore aquaculture, remotely operated vehicles, data acquisition
systems, and desalination can be either supplemented or completely powered by renewable …

The current cost of electricity has been preventing the technological progress of wave
energy converters. The use of compact wave energy converters arrays is seen as a …

In this paper we investigate the dynamics of the inertial sea wave energy converter (ISWEC)
device using fully-resolved computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Originally …