Towards the Future: Sustainable Development in Marine Renewable Energy

Marine renewable energy encompasses various forms of energy derived from the ocean, including kinetic energy, thermal energy, and salinity gradient energy. The primary types are ocean current energy, tidal energy, wave energy, salinity gradient energy, and thermal gradient energy. This type of energy is characterized by its cleanliness, pollution-free nature, large reserves, and renewability. It holds the potential to alleviate energy supply pressures, improve energy structures, reduce environmental pollution, and address climate change. While there is broad international consensus on the importance of developing marine renewable energy, their current share of renewable energy use remains minimal. The key challenge is finding a balance between achieving high energy conversion efficiency and maintaining cost-effective development.

Exploring new mechanisms and key technologies for efficient and low-cost marine renewable energy capture, alongside researching the safety of marine renewable energy development devices under extreme sea conditions, can provide solutions for the future development and utilization of high-power new ocean energy.

The focus of this research topic includes new mechanisms and key technologies for high-efficiency and low-cost marine renewable energy capture, as well as climate and environmental impact assessment related marine renewable energy development. The scope covers a wide range of topics aimed at enhancing the efficient utilization of marine renewable energy. These include, but are not limited to:

• Climate and ecological impact assessment of marine renewable energy development to promote the environmental and economic sustainability of the marine renewable energy
• New principles and technologies for marine renewable energy development
• Mechanisms and technologies for integrated and complementary utilization of multiple marine renewable energies
• Marine energy storage technology
• Safety of marine renewable energy development devices against extreme sea conditions
• Application Demonstration of marine renewable energy