Research
Mission statement The research of MREL aims to accelerate the renewable energy transition, through innovative research in marine renewables (wave, wind, tidal). Our research provides scientific evidence for the development of marine renewables, focuing on: Wave & tidal modelling, impacts of Climate Change for historical/future horizons. Survivability and reliability for marine renewables. Marine arrays optimisations for power & mitigation methods. Energy system integration, life cycle assessment & techno-economics. Find also more on our projects and publications also via our Research Gate Lab . Projects Publications Project Reports WECHULL+ Sustainable Concrete Material Leading to Improved Substructures for Offshore Renewable Energy Technologies (NWO), website HybridLabs Accelerating Dutch innovations in offshore renewables through data-driven hybrid labs (NWO) EU-SCORES EUropean SCalable Offshore Renewable Energy (H2020), CORDIS , website VALID Verification through Accelerated testing Leading to Improved wave energy Designs (H2020), CORDIS , website Dutch-WATERS Dutch-Wave And Tidal Energy ResourceS, website , TKI Deltatechnologie WECANet Pan-European Network for wave energy, website Merganser DEI+ Pilot Merganser (RVO, TKI wind op Zee), website WAVREP WAVe Resource for Electrical Production (MSCA-IF | H2020), CORDIS , website * bold notes lab members Alday G. M., Lavidas G., (2024), The ECHOWAVE Hindcast: A 30-years high resolution database for wave energy applications in North Atlantic European waters , Renewable Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.121391 Tan J., Lavidas, G. , (2024), A Modified Spectral-Domain Model for Nonlinear Hydrostatic Restoring Force of Heaving Wave Energy Converters , Ocean Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.118581 M. Corrales-Gonzalez, Lavidas, George , A. Lira-Loarca, and G. Besio, (2024), Wave energy assessment and wave converter applicability at the Pacific coast of Central America , Frontiers in Energy Research 12, doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2024.1454275 V Raghavan, G Lavidas, A V Metrikine, (2024), Comparing Open-Source BEM solvers for analysing wave energy converters, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 2647, Dynamic of marine energy systems, https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2647/7/072002 deCastro M., Lavidas G. , Arguilé Pérez B., Carracedo P., deCastro N.G., Costoya X., Gómez-Gesteira M., (2024), Evaluating the Economic Viability of Near-Future Wave Energy Development along the Galician Coast Using LCoE Analysis for Multiple Wave Energy Devices , Journal of Cleaner Production, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142740 Raghavan V, Alday G. M., Metrikine A.V., Lavidas G., (2024), Wave Energy Farm Assessment in Real Wave Climates: The North Sea , 43 rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2024), Singapore, June 9 - 14 th , https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2024-120946 Alday G. M., Raghavan V., Lavidas G. , (2024), Improving the Wave Energy Production Using Multi-Size Wec Arrays With Passive Control , 43 rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2024), Singapore, June 9-14 th , https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2024-123655 B. A. Pérez, M. deCastro, X. Costoya, A. R., Lavidas George , P. Carracedo, N. deCastro, B. Thomas, and M. Gómez-Gesteira, (2024), “Analysing The Energy And Economic Efficiency Of Wave Energy Converters In Northwestern Iberian Peninsula Under Near Future Conditions”, Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Energy Environment: bringing together Engineering and Economics (ICEE 2024), Portugal, June 6-7 th Keiner D., Gulagi A., Satymov R., Etongo D., Lavidas G ., Oyewo A.S., Khalili S., Breyer C., (2024), Future role of wave power in the Seychelles: A structured sensitivity analysis empowered by a novel EnergyPLAN-based optimisation tool , Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.131905 Raghavan, V. , Simonetti, I., Metrikine, A. , Lavidas, G. , & Cappietti, L. (2024). A new numerical modelling framework for fixed oscillating water column wave energy conversion device combining BEM and CFD methods: Validation with experiments , Ocean Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117543 Alday, M., Lavidas, G . (2024), Assessing the Tidal Stream Resource for energy extraction in The Netherlands , Renewable Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.119683 Christakos K., Lavidas G. , Gao Z., Bjorkqvist J.V. (2024), Long-term conditions of wave conditions and wave energy resource in the Arctic Ocean , Renewable Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.11967 Satymov, R., Bogdanov, D., Dadashi, M., Lavidas, G., Breyer, C., (2024), Techno-economic assessment of global and regional wave energy resource potentials and profiles in hourly resolution, Appiled Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123119 Lavidas, G., Delgado Elizundia , F., & Blok, K. (2023), Integration of wave energy into Energy Systems: an insight to the system dynamics and ways forward . Proceedings of the 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, https://doi.org/10.36688/ewtec-2023-157 Alday, M., Raghavan, V., & Lavidas, G. (2023), Analysis of the North Atlantic offshore energy flux from different reanalysis and hindcasts . Proceedings of the 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, https://doi.org/10.36688/ewtec-2023-140 Raghavan, V., Simonetti, I., Lavidas, G. , Metrikine, A. , & Cappietti, L. (2023), N umerical modelling of a box-type and bottom-detached oscillating water column wave energy conversion device: a comparison with experimental data and between BEM and CFD numerical modelling . Proceedings of the 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, https://doi.org/10.36688/ewtec-2023-142 Maya, P., & Gonzalez, M. A., Metrikine, A., Lavidas, G. (2023), CMIP6 wave climate simulation in the European North East Atlantic Basin using WaveWatch III . Proceedings of the 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, https://doi.org/10.36688/ewtec-2023-153 Corrales González, M. A., Lavidas, G ., & Besio, G. (2023), Feasibility of wave energy harvesting in the Ligurian Sea . Proceedings of the 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, https://doi.org/10.36688/ewtec-2023-197 Corrales-Gonzalez, Manuel, George Lavidas , Giovanni Besio, (2023), Feasibility of wave energy harvesting in the Ligurian Sea , Italy, Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.3390/su15119113 Baki, Harish , Basu, S., and Lavidas, George , 2023, S tatistical characterization of simulated wind ramps , EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-17208, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-17208 Nicolas Guillou , George Lavidas , and Bahareh Kamranzad, (2023), Wave Energy in Brittany (France)—Resource Assessment and WEC Performances , Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021725 Tatiana Potapenko, Jessica S. Döhler, Francisco Francisco, George Lavidas , Irina Temiz, (2023), Renewable Energy Potential for Micro-Grid at Hvide Sande , Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032234 Lavidas, George , F. D. Leo, and G. Besio, (2023), Assessing the integration of an oscillating water column at the planned Genoa breakwater . In: 2nd International Conference Design and Management of Port, Coastal and Offshore Works ( DMPCO at Vol I ), Thessaloniki, Greece. Hoogervorst C. D., Antolinez A. A. J., Portilla-Yandun P., Lavidas G ., Tissier M., Aarninkhof S. (2023), Unraveling Multimodal Nearshore Wind-Wave Fields On The Dutch Shoreface, Coastal Engineering Proceedings (37), ICCE, https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v37.waves.35 George Lavidas , Vengatesan Venugopal, (2022), Impacts of physical calibration of a spectral wave model and effects of using different temporal wind inputs , Trends in Renewable Energies Offshore: RENEW 2022 5th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore 08 - 10 November 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, Editor Guedes Soares, Taylor Francis, ISBN: 978-1-032-42003-5 (eBook ISBN: 978100336077) V. Raghavan, G. Lavidas, A.V. Metrikine, N. Mantadakis, E. Loukogeorgaki, (2022), A comparative study on BEM solvers for Wave Energy Converters , Trends in Renewable Energies Offshore: RENEW 2022 5th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore 08 - 10 November 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, Editor Guedes Soares, Taylor Francis, ISBN: 978-1-032-42003-5 (eBook ISBN: 978100336077) Felix Delgado, George Lavidas, Kornelis Blok, (2022), Wave energy and the European transmission system , Trends in Renewable Energies Offshore: RENEW 2022 5th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore 08 - 10 November 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, Editor Guedes Soares, Taylor Francis, ISBN: 978-1-032-42003-5 (eBook ISBN: 978100336077) Rojas‐Delgado, B., Ekweoba, C., Lavidas, G. ; Temiz, I., 2022, GA‐Based Permutation Logic for Grid Integration of Offshore Multi‐Source Renewable Parks , Machines,, https://doi.org/10.3390/machines10121208 E. Loukogeorgaki, C. Michailides, G. Lavidas , S. Saeidtehrani , I.K. Chatjigeorgiou, (2022), Load assessment of optimally-arranged point absorbers arrays in front of a vertical wal l, Trends in Renewable Energies Offshore: RENEW 2022 5th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore 08 - 10 November 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, Editor Guedes Soares, Taylor Francis, ISBN: 978-1-032-42003-5 (eBook ISBN: 978100336077) S. Saeidtehrani, A . Cabboi, G. Lavidas, A.V. Metrikine , (2022), Flap-type wave energy converters: From accelerated testing to fault detection , Trends in Renewable Energies Offshore: RENEW 2022 5th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore 08 - 10 November 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, Editor Guedes Soares, Taylor Francis, ISBN: 978-1-032-42003-5 (eBook ISBN: 978100336077) Jannis Langer, Sergio Simanjuntak, Antonio Jarquin Laguna, George Lavidas , Henk Polinder, Jaco Quist, Kornelis Blok, (2022), How offshore wind could become economically attractive in low-resource regions like Indonesia , iScience, https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104945 Coe, Ryan G, Lavidas George , Giorgio Bacelli, and Vincent S Neary (2022), Minimizing Cost in a 100% Renewable Electricity Grid a Case Study of Wave Energy in California , 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2022, https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2022-80731 Saeidtehrani, Saghy, and George Lavidas, (2022), Performance Modelling of Flap-Type Wave Energy Converter Array: Flaps With Various Dynamic Characteristics , 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2022, https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2022-79869 Saeidtehrani, Saghy, George Lavidas, and Andrei Metrikine , (2022) Environmental Extreme Conditions for a Wave Energy Converter: An Integrated Wave-Structure Approach , 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2022, https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2022-79674 Lavidas, George and Kornelis Blok, (2021), Shifting Wave Energy Perceptions: The Case for Wave Energy Converter (WEC) Feasibility at Milder Resources , Renewable Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.02.041 Lavidas, George and Bahareh Kamranzad, (2021), Assessment of Wave Power Stability and Classification with Two Global Datasets , International Journal of Sustainable Energy, https://doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2020.1821027 Loukogeorgaki, Eva, Constantine Michailides, George Lavidas , and Ioannis K. Chatjigeorgiou, (2021), Layout Optimization of Heaving Wave Energy Converters Linear Arrays in Front of a Vertical Wall , Renewable Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RENENE.2021.07.040 George Lavidas , and Kornelis Blok, (2021), Levelised Cost of Electricity for Wave Energy Converters and the Perception of Milder Resource Non-Viability in the North Sea , 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) George Lavidas , Eva Loukogeorgaki, Constantine Michalides, and Ioannis K Chatjigeorgiou, (2021), Effects of Metocean Conditions on Selecting Optimal Location for Wave Energy Production, 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) Loukogeorgaki, Eva, Constantine Michailides, George Lavidas , and Ioannis K Chatjigeorgiou, (2021), Optimum Layouts of a Cluster of Heaving Point Absorbers in Front of a Wall , International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) * Not all of our projects have publicly sharable reports EU-SCORES (H2020) D6.1 Renewable Correlation of offshore resources D6.2 Renewable Coarse Resource Assessment for the European Region D6.3 European High resolution Resource Assessments D6.4 Ultra-High resolution Resource Assessment Evaluation for EU-SCORES user cases (Confidential) D6.5 Power Production from the TUD Ultra High resolution datasets (Confidential) D6.6 Description of Ultra-High wind-wave-solar hindcast models DutchWATERS (TKI Deltatechnologie) North Sea Wave Database (NSWDv2) | Wave Energy Assessment North Sea Tidal Database (NSTD) | Tidal Energy Assessment VALID (H2020) D1.2 Critical Components and Modelling Limitations D3.3 Description of User Case 1 hybrid testing platform D5.3 Description of User Case 3 hybrid testing platform
