Ocean wave energy is one of the most abundant energy sources in the world. There is a
wide variety of wave energy conversion systems that have been designed and developed …

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 …

In this paper, the current technologies of the regenerative shock absorber systems have
been categorized and evaluated. Three drive modes of the regenerative shock absorber …

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 …

Nowadays, harvesting energy from vibration is one of the most promising technologies.
However, the majority of current researches obtain 10 µW to 100 mW power, which has only …

This paper presents results of the Reference Model Project (RMP), which began five years
ago to facilitate Marine Energy Conversion (MEC) technology development and market …

Ocean wave renewable energy is becoming a key part of the renewable energy industry
over the recent decades. By developing wave energy converters (WECs), their power take …

In this paper, a system which integrates an oscillating buoy type wave energy converter with
a vertical pile-restrained floating breakwater is introduced. A preliminary experimental study …

Based on a time-domain HOBEM (higher-order boundary element method), a two-
dimensional (2D) fully nonlinear NWF (numerical wave flume) is developed to investigate …

A novel floating wave energy converter (BFWEC) with multiple 'bean shape'floats and a
hydraulic power-take-off system (HPTO) is presented. The overall setup consists of a central …