Part 1 - D1-knowledge and understanding. In-depth knowledge of the fundamental principles for the design of onshore/offshore wind power plants. Knowledge of the characteristics and operation of Generation IV nuclear reactors and nuclear fusion. D2-applying knowledge and understanding. Size the structural elements of a onshore/offshore wind power plant and evaluate their performance. Evaluate the potential of Generation IV nuclear reactors and nuclear fusion. D3-making judgment. Ability to integrate the acquired knowledge to make judgment regarding the structural performance of a wind power plant and the suitability of a certain nuclear technology. Ability to manage the complexity of energy projects based on alternative technologies. D4-communication skills. Ability to communicate clearly and unambiguously about different design choices. D5-learning skills. Ability to effectively address changing working conditions linked to the dynamics of technological innovation, the environment and economic and social systems. Part 2- D1 - At the end of the first module, the student must know the basic aspects of maritime hydraulics (waves and currents) and the use of energy supplied by the sea for the generation of mechanical and electrical energy. At the end of the second module, the student will have the skills for a preliminary design of a maritime work and coastal dynamics. D2 - The student must be able to perform basic studies of problems of maritime hydraulics, calculation of energy transformation systems of the sea and the main coastal defense systems D3 - At the end of the course, the student must be able to carry out a critical examination to verify the correct application of the knowledge acquired and applied to the engineering problem studied D4 - At the end of the course, the student must be able to correctly illustrate and with the correct use of technical terms the knowledge and practical skills acquired D5 - The student must be able to tackle the preliminary design of energy recovery systems from the sea and defense systems starting from the degree thesis that during the professional life. Part 3 - D1. By the end of the course the student is going to know the working principles, the main issues, and the technological limitations concerning hydrogen production, storage, and use. The student is going to be able to navigate within the standards ruling the use of hydrogen. D2. The student is going to learn the main issues related to the operation and handling of fuel-cells- and electrolysers-based plants. Moreover the student will learn the main characterization techniques usable for such a kind of devices and is going to understand how to interpret characterization results. D3. Develop the ability to complete knowledge and manage complexity. Ability to make judgment on the basis of limited/incomplete information including the analysis of the ethical and social responsibility. D4. Develop the ability to communicate clearly the knowledge to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors. D5. Develop learning skills that allow to continue the study autonomously.

Part 1 - Proficiency in knowledge and skills related to applied thermodynamics and heat transfer, structural mechanics, fluid mechanics, principle of electrical engineering. Part 2 – The student has knowledge of fluid mechanics, fundamentals of structural design and geotechnics. Part 3 - Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics (Fisica tecnica) and Power Plants (Macchine) are suggested.

Part 1- Principles of design of structural elements of a onshore wind power plant: i) materials, stresses and design of the blades; ii) materials, stresses and design of the tower; iii) workshop activity on one of the two structural problems above. Basic principles of structural design of an offshore wind power plant. Nuclear fission. Generations of nuclear power plant. Overview of Gen. II and III. Generation IV technologies and features: Gas-cooled Fast Reactor (GFR), Lead-cooled Fast reactor (LFR), Molten Salt Reactor (MSR), Supercritical Water Reactor (SCWR); Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR); High-Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors (HTGR). Introduction to Nuclear fusion energy systems: (a) key aspects of technology and physics associated with the magnetic fusion energy, (b) identification of the main features in nuclear fusion tokamak devices, (c) perspectives of fusion nuclear energy (Eurofusion programme, next experimental machines ITER and DEMO). Part 2 – Fundamentals of wave theory in typical marine and tidal situations and describes the systems for transforming energy from waves and currents. Part 3 – 1) Introduction: hydrogen, chemical and physical properties. The role of hydrogen within the ongoing energetic transition. 2) Basics of electrochemistry 3) Hydrogen production: state of the art about the hydrogen production methods. Electrolysers. 4) Hydrogen storage: state of the art about the hydrogen storage methods: compression, liquification, physisorption, chemisorption. 5) Fuel cells: electrochemistry and thermodynamics. Comparison of the main fuel cell technologies. Fuel cell stacks. Fuel cell use in co-generation plants. Degradation phenomena in fuel cells. 6) Alternative uses of hydrogen 7) Characterization and study of degradation within the electrochemical systems by means of electrochemical techniques and advanced characterization techniques. 8) Hydrogen and safety

Part 1 – Notes provided by lecturers. Part 2 – Coastal Engineering Manual http://users.coastal.ufl.edu/~mcdougal/CEM/CoastalEngineeringManual.htm J.W. Kamphuis, Introduction to Coastal Engineering and Management, Adv. Series on Ocean Engineering – vol. 16, World Scientific R.G. Dean & R.A. Dalrymple, Water wave mechanics for engineers and scientists, Adv. Series on Ocean Engineering – vol. 2, World Scientific R.G. Dean & R.A. Dalrymple, Coastal Processes (with Engineering Applications), Cambridge University Press Wave and Tidal Energy. Editor(s):Deborah Greaves, Gregorio Iglesias, 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Coastal Engineering Manual http://users.coastal.ufl.edu/~mcdougal/CEM/CoastalEngineeringManual.htm J.W. Kamphuis, Introduction to Coastal Engineering and Management, Adv. Series on Ocean Engineering – vol. 16, World Scientific R.G. Dean & R.A. Dalrymple, Water wave mechanics for engineers and scientists, Adv. Series on Ocean Engineering – vol. 2, World Scientific R.G. Dean & R.A. Dalrymple, Coastal Processes (with Engineering Applications), Cambridge University Press Wave and Tidal Energy. Editor(s):Deborah Greaves, Gregorio Iglesias, 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Part 3 - Hydrogen Production: by Electrolysis - Agata Godula-Jopek, Detlef Stolten - 2015 - Wiley - ISBN: 978-3-527-67652-1 Fuel Cell Systems Explained - Andrew L. Dicks, David A. J. Rand - 2018 - John Wiley & Sons Ltd - ISBN:9781118613528 - DOI:10.1002/9781118706992 Fuel Cell Engines - Matthew M. Mench - 2008 - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. - ISBN:9780471689584 - DOI:10.1002/9780470209769 Handbook of Hydrogen Energy - Edited By S.A. Sherif, D. Yogi Goswami, E.K. (Lee) Stefanakos, Aldo Steinfeld - 2014 - Routledge Taylor Francis Group- ISBN 9781420054477 Notes and presentation available as pdf files

Part 1 – Principles of design of structural elements of a onshore wind power plant: i) materials, stresses and design of the blades; ii) materials, stresses and design of the tower; iii) workshop activity on one of the two structural problems above. Basic principles of structural design of an offshore wind power plant. Nuclear fission. Generations of nuclear power plant. Overview of Gen. II and III. Generation IV technologies and features: GFR, LFR, MSR, SCWR, SFR, HTGR. Introduction to Nuclear fusion energy systems: (a) key aspects of technology and physics associated with the magnetic fusion energy, (b) identification of the main features in nuclear fusion tokamak devices, (c) perspectives of fusion nuclear energy. Part 2 - 1) Sea level:Astronomical tide, meteorological tide, subsidence and climate change. Statistical forecasting methodologies. Measurement techniques. 2) Waves: Genesis of wind waves. Notes on the genesis of the wind, Beaufort scale, measurement methods, geostrophic wind and real wind. 3) Linear theory. Field equation. Dispersion relation in shallow water and deep water. Wave groups. 4) Transformation of waves from open sea to shore: refraction, diffraction, shoaling, breaking, reflection. 5) Wave spectra, statistics of heights and periods, wave energy. Empirical formulas for spectrum forecasting, SMB method. 6) Genesis of currents: mass balance equations and momentum for oblique waves incident on the coast. Radiation stress, wave set-up, littoral currents, rip currents. tidal energy generation, tidal range and tidal stream. 7) Fundamentals of wave energy conversion theory 8) Classification of wave energy converters and description of the main categories of WECs. TSTs, HATTs, VATTs, venturi effect devices and oscillating hydrofoils. 9) Fundamentals of device design and power systems. Part 3 - 1) Hydrogen: physical and chemical properties. The role of hydrogen within the energetic transition. Definition of the context within hydrogen can be used as energy vector. Comparison with the alternative fuels, and examples of hydrogen use within companies and within the maritime and port sectors. 2) Basics of electrochemistry: standards, redox reactions, and chemiphysical processes involved. The electrochemical cell. 3) Hydrogen production. Green hydrogen production via water electrolysis. Electrolysers: operation and classification about the main technologies available. Scaling up from the single cell to a cell stack. State of the art of the industrial and commercial use of electrolysers. 4) Hydrogen compression and liquefaction. Compressed hydrogen storage: tanks composition and classification. Liquid hydrogen storage: tanks composition and classification. Solid hydrogen storage: thermodynamics and classification of the main storing systems via physisorption and chemisorption. State of the art of the industrial and commercial use of the hydrogen storage systems. Liquid organic hydrogen carriers. 5) 5.1) Electrochemistry and thermodynamics. Analysis of the main functional elements: state of the art and manufacturing techniques. Comparison about the main fuel cell technologies. Fuel cell stacks. Complements of fuel cells: unitised regenerative systems. 5.2) State of the art of the industrial and commercial use of fuel cells. Fuel cell stacks: balance of plant and plant design. Fuel cell use in cogeneration systems. 5.3) Degradation phenomena in fuel cell systems: electrochemistry and connection with the operative conditions. 6) Direct use of hydrogen within the internal combustion engine and alternative uses of hydrogen. 7) Classification of the main techniques for electrochemical characterization of fuel cells and electrolysers. Advanced characterization techniques.

Part 1 – Frontal lectures, tutorial in groups, seminars given by designers and foreign experts. Part 2 - Frontal teaching and laboratory consisting in the development of a basic project of a marine energy recovery system and of a maritime structure. Part 3 - Theoretical classes and exercises, supported by experimental laboratory activities.

Additional support material will be available, when necessary, on the Moodle website.

Part 1- Oral exam based on three questions and discussion of an assignment (design of an onshore wind power plant) given along the semester. Part 2 – Oral exam, and analysis of the reports. Part 3- The oral examination will be based on three questions about both the theoretical and practical topics composing the course. The knowledge of the students and their understanding about the main engineering problems and perspectives related to the production, storage, and use of the hydrogen as an energy vector will be evaluated.

This course explores topics closely related to one or more goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)