Combining offshore wind and solar photovoltaic energy to stabilize energy supply under climate change scenarios: A case study on the western Iberian Peninsula

X Costoya, M DeCastro, D Carvalho… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The expansion of marine renewable power is a major alternative for the reduction of
greenhouse gases emissions. In Europe, however, the high penetration of offshore wind …

[HTML][HTML] Multidisciplinary design analysis and optimisation frameworks for floating offshore wind turbines: State of the art

K Patryniak, M Collu, A Coraddu - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Meeting climate and air quality targets, while preserving the focus on the reliability and cost-
effectiveness of energy, became a central issue for offshore wind turbine engineers. Floating …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the economic viability of near-future wave energy development along the Galician coast using LCoE analysis for multiple wave energy devices

M DeCastro, G Lavidas, B Arguilé-Pérez… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
The economic profitability of future wave energy production along the Galician coast is
assessed by analyzing the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE) under different Capital …

Main trends and criteria adopted in economic feasibility studies of offshore wind energy: a systematic literature review

ALG Pires, P Rotella Junior, SN Morioka, LCS Rocha… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Offshore wind energy has been identified as one of the most promising and increasingly
attractive sources of energy. This technology offers a long-term power-generation source …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Economic viability of floating wave power farms considering the energy generated in the near future

L Castro-Santos, A Filgueira-Vizoso, X Costoya… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This article aims to analyse the economic viability of floating wave energy farms for the
present and the next twenty years. The energy potential of the waves mainly depends on the …

[HTML][HTML] Wake effect impact on the levelized cost of energy in large floating offshore wind farms: a case of study in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula

B Thomas, X Costoya, M deCastro, D Carvalho… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
With the growing world energy needs, offshore wind farms tend to increase in terms of
installed capacity, rated power, and the number of wind turbines. This trajectory leads to …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity study of the economics of a floating offshore wind farm. The case study of the SATH® concrete platform in the Atlantic waters of Europe

A Filgueira-Vizoso, D Cordal-Iglesias, F Puime-Guillén… - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of the present work is to develop a sensitivity analysis to determine the most
essential parameters that affects to the economic feasibility of a marine wind farm composed …

O&M-aware techno-economic assessment for floating offshore wind farms: A geospatial evaluation off the North Sea and the Iberian Peninsula

M Centeno-Telleria, H Yue, J Carrol, JI Aizpurua… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of accurate techno-economic models is crucial to boost the
commercialisation of floating offshore wind farms. However, conventional techno-economic …

[HTML][HTML] Levelized cost of energy for various floating offshore wind farm designs in the areas covered by the Spanish maritime spatial planning

B Thomas, X Costoya, M deCastro, G Iglesias… - Applied Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Spain took a significant step towards achieving its goal of installing 1 to 3 GW of floating
offshore wind capacity by 2030, by implementing Maritime Spatial Planning encompassing …