Preface to Special Topic: Marine Renewable Energy

Journal Article · Wed Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4939086· OSTI ID:1236921

Taveira-Pinto, Francisco ^[1]; Iglesias, Gregório  ^[2]; Rosa-Santos, Paulo ^[1]; Deng, Zhiqun Daniel ^[3]

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1. Univ. of Porto and Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) (Portugal)
2. Univ. of Plymouth (United Kingdom)
3. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Marine renewable energy (MRE) is generates from waves, currents, tides, and thermal resources in the ocean. MRE has been identified as a potential commercial-scale source of renewable energy. This special topic presents a compilation of works selected from the 3rd IAHR Europe Congress, held in Porto, Portugal, in 2014. Here, it covers different subjects relevant to MRE, including resource assessment, marine energy sector policies, energy source comparisons based on levelized cost, proof-of-concept and new-technology development for wave and tidal energy exploitation, and assessment of possible inference between wave energy converters (WEC).

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1236921
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-114715; WC0102000
• Journal Information: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Vol. 7, Issue 6; ISSN 1941-7012
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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