Harnessing energy from ocean waves presents a promising solution to combating global
climate change in the marine environment, significantly contributing to mitigation efforts …

The traditional wave energy converters (WECs) use hydraulic or turbine-type power take-off
(PTO) mechanisms which consist of many moving parts, creating mechanical complexity and …

Integrating wave energy converters (WECs) on an offshore wind platform provides an
economic and robust solution for co-located wind and wave power exploitation. The power …

Extreme waves are critical for the WEC's development. CFD toolboxes have been widely
used in the simulation of extreme waves–structure interaction. However, the quality of the …

Wave-based electricity generation is attracting increasing attention to address the long-term
power supply problem of offshore marine observation buoys. To achieve continuous and …

Dielectric elastomer generator (DEG) is promising ocean wave energy harvesting
technology with high reliability and low cost. This paper proposes an innovative oscillating …

A novel floating two-body wave energy converter (WEC) is tested in regular waves. The
WEC consists of a streamlined conical outer buoy that surrounds an elongated inner buoy …

This paper performs an investigation of power performance and techno-economic
performance of wave power farms in realistic wave climates, where hydrodynamic …

In this paper, a novel discrete control strategy is proposed to improve power-capture
performance of wave energy converters (WECs) with a hydraulic power take-off (PTO) …

The power take-off (PTO) is a key component for wave energy converters. In this paper, a
compact PTO with mechanical motion rectification rated at 10 kW is designed and …