Renewable Energy from the Oceans

Domenico P. Coiro is a full professor at Department of Industrial Engineering at University of Naples "Federico II", Italy. He is author of several patents in the field of renewable energy and more than 100 papers published in international journals and conferences. He has worked in the field of ocean energy since 1998 and has coordinated the design, development, and full-scale prototype deployment and test of devices based on horizontal and on vertical axis hydro turbines. He is the founder and president of the non-profit public/private research consortium SEAPOWER which develops devices for ocean (tidal and wave) and wind energy. Tonio Sant is a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Malta. His lecturing topics include Fluid Mechanics, Renewable Energy and Maritime Hydrodynamics. He is the author of more than 125 papers published in journals and conferences. His research works focus on the fields of rotor aerodynamics, wind energy and energy storage. Tonio has coordinated a number of research projects in renewable energy, with the latest involving the development of a patented offshore floating energy storage concept FLASC.

Chapter 1: A review of progress on ocean energies
Chapter 2: Wave energy
Chapter 3: Tidal and current energy
Chapter 4: Thermal and salinity gradient systems
Chapter 5: Offshore wind energy
Chapter 6: Marine solar energy
Chapter 7: Offshore support structure design
Chapter 8: Electrical power transmission and grid integration
Chapter 9: Offshore energy storage
Chapter 10: Multipurpose platforms
Chapter 11: Installation, operation and maintenance of offshore renewables
Chapter 12: Challenges and future research