A review on the historical development of the lift-type vertical axis wind turbine: From onshore to offshore floating application

B Hand, A Cashman - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the historical evolution of the lift-type vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT)
since its inception in the early 1930s. The VAWT received almost no development until the …

Offshore floating vertical axis wind turbines, dynamics modelling state of the art. part I: Aerodynamics

M Borg, A Shires, M Collu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
The need to further exploit offshore wind resources has pushed offshore wind farms into
deeper waters, requiring the use of floating support structures to be economically …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study of wave energy converter arrays adapted to a semi-submersible wind platform

M Kamarlouei, JF Gaspar, M Calvario, TS Hallak… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The design of an offshore wind turbine floating platform seeks to minimize platform pitching
motions that otherwise generate large accelerations and loads on the turbine, nacelle and …

A fuzzy analytic hierarchy process-based analysis for prioritization of barriers to offshore wind energy

T Dhingra, A Sengar, S Sajith - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Offshore wind energy is an essential component of the climate system and plays a crucial
role in addressing climate change. India has a coastline of seven thousand kilometres and a …

A review of numerical modelling and optimisation of the floating support structure for offshore wind turbines

E Faraggiana, G Giorgi, M Sirigu, A Ghigo… - Journal of Ocean …, 2022 - Springer
Compared to onshore wind power, floating offshore wind power is a promising renewable
energy source due to higher wind speeds and larger suitable available areas. However …

Compensation of a hybrid platform dynamics using wave energy converters in different sea state conditions

JF Gaspar, M Kamarlouei, F Thiebaut, CG Soares - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
An hybrid floating platform concept, combining a wind turbine with wave energy converter
devices, has been proposed. This paper conducts a further exploration of these synergies …

[HTML][HTML] Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbines for offshore applications among potentialities and challenges: A review

A Ghigo, E Faraggiana, G Giorgi, G Mattiazzo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Among the primary uses of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) are small-scale
applications, such as electricity generation in urban areas or isolated contexts, which are not …

Review on the technical perspectives and commercial viability of vertical axis wind turbines

J Liu, H Lin, J Zhang - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
A review of existing technical challenges and their potential solutions in the development of
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) is presented in the context. Over the last decade …

Floating offshore vertical axis wind turbines: Opportunities, challenges and way forward

A Arredondo-Galeana, F Brennan - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The offshore wind sector is expanding to deep water locations through floating platforms.
This poses challenges to horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs) due to the ever growing …

Using multi-criteria decision making in quality function deployment for offshore renewable energies

S Garcia-Orozco, G Vargas-Gutierrez… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Quality function deployment (QFD) is now used in various fields, such as product
development, design, manufacturing, planning, and quality management services, as a …