{"id":74643,"date":"2019-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/first-textbook-in-marine-renewable-energy-explores-harnessing-ocean-power\/"},"modified":"2019-03-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T00:00:00","slug":"first-textbook-in-marine-renewable-energy-explores-harnessing-ocean-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/first-textbook-in-marine-renewable-energy-explores-harnessing-ocean-power\/","title":{"rendered":"First textbook in marine renewable energy explores harnessing ocean power"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I., — March 21, 2019 \u2013 Offshore renewable energy is an emerging and rapidly growing industry in the United States and around the world. With projects in motion to install approximately 24 gigawatts of proposed capacity for offshore wind energy in the U.S., the ocean presents the next vast and largely untapped renewable energy resource that could be harnessed to help meet the world\u2019s growing demand for electricity.<\/p>\n

\u201cFundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy: Generating Electricity from the Sea<\/a>,\u201d written by M. Reza Hashemi, assistant professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering and Graduate School of Oceanography at the 溏心vlog免费B站, in collaboration with Simon Neill, a reader in physical oceanography in the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University in Wales, U.K., is the first textbook of its kind on ocean energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the recent investments in academic and industrial research for the development of tidal, wave, offshore wind and other ocean renewable energy projects, the time was right for such a textbook,\u201d said Hashemi. \u201cThere is an enormous untapped energy resource in the ocean with the potential to increase our energy independence and reduce our impact on the environment.<\/p>\n

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Fundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy (Academic Press Elsevier)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOver the past several years, great strides have been made in developing onshore wind and solar energy as ways to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. In the Northeast \u2013 and particularly in Rhode Island \u2013 we are uniquely positioned to do the same as it relates to offshore renewable energy. Our proximity to the first U.S. offshore wind farm off Block Island, our strong connections to the marine industry, and 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s own respected programs in the College of Engineering and Graduate School of Oceanography make us an ideal place to invest more in education and research in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to this new 336-page textbook, Hashemi has published more than 35 peer-reviewed journal articles, primarily focused on ocean renewable energy and coastal engineering. His research focuses on ocean physics, mostly related to ocean renewable energy and coastal resilience (e.g. flooding and erosion). In addition, he has developed\/co-developed and taught several undergraduate and graduate courses about renewable energy, including \u201cOcean Renewable Energy\u201d and \u201cEnergy and the Environment,\u201d at 溏心vlog免费B站. Part of the motivation behind this book sprang from his desire to provide a textbook for these courses.<\/p>\n

Published by Academic Press Elsevier, the book covers a range of ocean renewable energy topics. It presents the fundamental physics and theory behind ocean energy systems, covering both oceanographic and engineering aspects of ocean energy, and explores the most widely adopted conversion technologies, including tidal, wave, offshore wind, ocean thermal and currents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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