The progress in wave energy technologies in China during the past decade is briefly reviewed. And the description is focused on the wave energy resource and the current status of wave energy in China. The difficulties facing wave energy developments in China are summarized. The national policy...

A hydro-viscous transmission based continuously variable speed wind turbine is proposed in this paper to smooth the output power fluctuations in the full-load region. The hydro-viscous transmission concept is based upon mature technology and is characterized by low production cost and high...

An improved modal strain energy method is proposed for damage localisation in jacket-type offshore wind turbines by defining a series of stiffness-correction factors that can be employed to calculate the modal strain energy (MSE) of the measured model without utilising the stiffness matrix of...

In this paper, the aerodynamic performance of wind turbine airfoils with different relative thicknesses and their modifications has been numerically investigated to facilitate a greater understanding of the effects of maximum relative thickness and its position on the aerodynamic performance...