Ocean energy has many forms, encompassing tides, surface waves, ocean circulation,
salinity and thermal gradients. This paper will considers two of these, namely those found in …

The main objectives of the present work are to review the global wave energy resources
according to the most recent datasets available, to identify the locations with the worldwide …

Assessments of global wave power have been receiving increasing attention currently;
however, a characterization of the global resources that holistically consider the different …

Ocean related activities are often supported by offshore equipment with particular power
demands. These are usually deployed at remote locations and have limited space, thus …

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 …

Wave energy can provide significant benefits as renewables acquire more share in
electricity production. So far, focus for the development of wave energy is given to areas with …

Motivated by the fact that in isolated island environments the extraction of the renewable
energy becomes an issue of increasing importance, the objective of the present work is to …

Sardinia (Italy) is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and its economy is
penalized by high costs of electricity, which is double compared to the continental Italian …

Abstract Wave Energy Converters (WECs) have been increasingly installed in various
coastal regions due to the higher energy density of waves than other renewable sources …

This paper presents an evaluation of the efficiency of twelve state of the art wave energy
converters in the Atlantic Ocean, in the vicinity of the most important European islands and …