Another Exciting Publication from the TU Delft team!!!

We are thrilled to announce that Tabea Engelfried, Stefano Cucurachi, and George Lavidas from Delft University of Technology have made a big breakthrough🎉! Their work has been published in the well-known journal, Cleaner Environmental Systems.

The paper presents a cradle-to-grave full life cycle assessment (LCA) study for a generic point absorber WEC based on a fully transparent and adaptable life cycle inventory. Within the study, the environmental impacts of a single point absorber device, the influence of different hull materials, hotspots in the impacts of WEC components, and variations induced by different deployment locations were assessed. 

This study will also be relevant to other marine renewables such as offshore wind and floating solar. The best part? The paper is available for free, so anyone can read it! 🤩 🎇

Check out the full paper here.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2025.100265