Mediterranean bioconstructions along the Italian coast

G Ingrosso, M Abbiati, F Badalamenti… - Advances in marine …, 2018 - Elsevier
Marine bioconstructions are biodiversity-rich, three-dimensional biogenic structures,
regulating key ecological functions of benthic ecosystems worldwide. Tropical coral reefs …

Marine renewable energy in the Mediterranean Sea: status and perspectives

TH Soukissian, D Denaxa, F Karathanasi… - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
In this work, an extended overview of the marine renewable energy in the Mediterranean
Sea is provided as regards current status, potential problems, challenges, and perspectives …

Quaternion convolutional long short-term memory neural model with an adaptive decomposition method for wind speed forecasting: North aegean islands case …

M Neshat, MM Nezhad, S Mirjalili, G Piras… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
An accurate prediction of short-term and long-term wind speed is necessary in order to
integrate wind energy into large-scale grid power. However, wind speed presents diverse …

A framework and baseline for the integration of a sustainable circular economy in offshore wind

APM Velenturf - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Circular economy and renewable energy infrastructure such as offshore wind farms are
often assumed to be developed in synergy as part of sustainable transitions. Offshore wind …

A fast‐moving target: achieving marine conservation goals under shifting climate and policies

G Rilov, S Fraschetti, E Gissi, C Pipitone… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the Anthropocene, marine ecosystems are rapidly shifting to new ecological states.
Achieving effective conservation of marine biodiversity has become a fast‐moving target …

[HTML][HTML] Making eco-sustainable floating offshore wind farms: Siting, mitigations, and compensations

R Danovaro, S Bianchelli, P Brambilla, G Brussa… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Floating Offshore Wind Farms (FOWFs) are the most promising renewable energy
resource. Floating turbines are installed at progressively increasing water depths, interacting …

[HTML][HTML] Trade-offs between fisheries, offshore wind farms and marine protected areas in the southern North Sea–winners, losers and effective spatial management

M Püts, A Kempf, C Möllmann, M Taylor - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
There is an increasing need for marine spatial planning in the North Sea given the multiple
uses with competing objectives. Plans to increase renewable energy production by …

Technical and economic challenges for floating offshore wind deployment in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea

L Serri, D Airoldi, F Lanni, R Naldi… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Offshore wind is nowadays already well developed in the North European countries. Ninety‐
nine percent of the offshore wind turbines are installed on fixed foundations in shallow …

The genetic component of seagrass restoration: What we know and the way forwards

J Pazzaglia, HM Nguyen, A Santillán-Sarmiento… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Seagrasses are marine flowering plants providing key ecological services and functions in
coasts and estuaries across the globe. Increased environmental changes fueled by human …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated assessment of the good environmental status of Mediterranean marine protected areas

S Fraschetti, E Fabbrizzi, L Tamburello… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Local, regional and global targets have been set to halt marine biodiversity loss. Europe has
set its own policy targets to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) of marine ecosystems …