Alberto Ghigo

Thesis title

Numerical modeling of floating vertical axis wind turbines for offshore renewable energy generation

Research topic

The thesis focus on the development of a novel numerical model for the analysis of floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

Tutors

• Giovanni Bracco
• Giuliana Mattiazzo

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

SDG

• Best Presentation Award - 24th INORE European Symposium (2023)

• 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)

• 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
• Ghigo, Alberto; Faraggiana, Emilio; Giorgi, Giuseppe; Mattiazzo, Giuliana; Bracco, ... (2024)
  Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbines for offshore applications among potentialities and challenges: A review. In: RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, vol. 193. ISSN 1364-0321
  Contributo su Rivista
• 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)
• Faraggiana, E.; Ghigo, A.; Sirigu, M.; Petracca, E.; Giorgi, G.; Mattiazzo, G.; Bracco, ... (2024)
  Optimal floating offshore wind farms for Mediterranean islands. In: RENEWABLE ENERGY, vol. 221. ISSN 1879-0682
  Contributo su Rivista
• Niosi, Francesco; Dell’Edera, Oronzo; Sirigu, Massimo; Ghigo, Alberto; Bracco, Giovanni (2023)
  A comparison between different numerical models and experimental tests for the study of floating offshore wind turbines. In: International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE) 2023, Ottawa, Canada, 19-23 June 2023, pp. 382-389. ISSN 1098-6189. ISBN: 978-1-880653-80-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)

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