Alberto Ghigo

• Floating offshore wind: numerical modelling of floating vertical axis wind turbines; design and optimization of floating foundations; resource assessment; techno-economic analysis

SDG

• Visiting Researcher, presso University of Strathclyde (1/9/2023-28/2/2024)

Master of Science

• Wind and ocean energy plants. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
• Wind and ocean energy plants. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
• Wind and ocean energy plants. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
• Wind and ocean energy plants. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso

• Mechatronics and servosystems (DIMEAS)

• Celesti, Maria Luisa; De Clerck, Viola; Ghigo, Alberto; Patronelli, Stefania; Alberti, ... (2025)
  Assessing the potential of hybrid wind-wave energy converters: a case study in Italian seas. In: 16th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), pp. 1-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Ghigo, Alberto (2025)
  Numerical modeling of floating vertical axis wind turbines for offshore renewable energy generation. relatore: BRACCO, GIOVANNI; MATTIAZZO, GIULIANA; , 37. XXXVII Ciclo, P.: 296
  Doctoral Thesis
• Yu, Shimin; Ransley, Edward; Qian, Ling; Zhou, Yang; Brown, Scott; Greaves, Deborah; ... (2025)
  Modelling the hydrodynamic response of a floating offshore wind turbine – a comparative study. In: APPLIED OCEAN RESEARCH, vol. 155, pp. 1-24. ISSN 0141-1187
  Contributo su Rivista
• Ghigo, A.; Paduano, B.; Giorgi, G.; Bracco, G. (2025)
  Horizontal and Vertical axis wind turbines: Impacts on the dynamics of a floating wind system. In: 6th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore, RENEW 2024, Lisbon, 2024, pp. 679-686. ISBN: 9781003558859
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Ghigo, Alberto; Petracca, Ermando; Mangia, Gabriele; Giorgi, Giuseppe; Bracco, Giovanni (2024)
  Development of a floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine for the Mediterranean Sea. In: WindEurope Annual Event Bilbao, Bilbao (ESP), 20/03/2024 - 22/03/2024. ISSN 1742-6588
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Faraggiana, E.; Ghigo, A.; Sirigu, M.; Petracca, E.; Giorgi, G.; Mattiazzo, G.; Bracco, ... (2024)
  Floating offshore wind potential for Mediterranean countries. In: HELIYON, vol. 10. ISSN 2405-8440
  Contributo su Rivista
• Sirigu, Massimo; Ghigo, Alberto; Giorgi, Giuseppe; Bracco, Giovanni (2024)
  A novel optimisation process for static structural finite element analysis of offshore wind turbine floating foundations. In: International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Rhodes (GRC), June 16−21, 2024, pp. 1066-1072. ISBN: 978-1-880653-78-4
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Petracca, E.; Sirigu, M.; Issoglio, D.; Ghigo, A.; Bracco, G. (2024)
  Techno-economic designs of hybrid wind-wave offshore energy systems and comparison with TOPSIS analysis: an Italian case study. In: TORQUE 2024, Florence (ITA), 29-31/05/2024. ISSN 1742-6588
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Sirigu, Massimo; Ghigo, Alberto; Petracca, Ermando; Giorgi, Giuseppe; Bracco, Giovanni (2024)
  Fatigue assessment of a new concept for a floating barge with pendulum for offshore wind turbines in MOST. In: The science of making torque from wind (Torque 2024), Florence (ITA), 29-31/05/2024. ISSN 1742-6588
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Ghigo, Alberto; Sirigu, Massimo; Collu, Maurizio; Bracco, Giovanni (2024)
  Development of a numerical model for floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbines. In: The Science of Making Torque from Wind (TORQUE 2024), Florence (ITA), 29/05/2024 - 31/05/2024. ISSN 1742-6588
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)

• Wave Platform. national Software
  Inventors: Ettore Francesco Bompard Giovanni Bracco Giulia Cervelli Emilio Faraggiana Alberto Ghigo Giuseppe Giorgi Daniele Grosso Giuliana Mattiazzo Riccardo Novo
• Offshore Wind Platform. national Software
  Inventors: Ettore Francesco Bompard Giovanni Bracco Giulia Cervelli Emilio Faraggiana Alberto Ghigo Giuseppe Giorgi Daniele Grosso Giuliana Mattiazzo Riccardo Novo
• TURBINA EOLICA GALLEGGIANTE CON INTEGRAZIONE DI ENERGIA DA MOTO ONDOSO. national and international Patent
  Inventors: Giovanni Bracco Oronzo Dell'Edera Emilio Faraggiana Alberto Ghigo Giuliana Mattiazzo Francesco Niosi Ermando Petracca Massimo Sirigu