Installation, Operation, and Maintenance Strategies to Reduce the Cost of Offshore Wind Energy

Benjamin Maples

Research output: NRELTechnical Report

Abstract

Currently, installation, operation, and maintenance (IO&M) costs contribute approximately 30% to the LCOE of offshore wind plants. To reduce LCOE while ensuring safety, this paper identifies principal cost drivers associated with IO&M and quantifies their impacts on LCOE. The paper identifies technology improvement opportunities and provides a basis for evaluating innovative engineering andscientific concepts developed subsequently to the study. Through the completion of a case study, an optimum IO&M strategy for a hypothetical offshore wind project is identified.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages106
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/TP-5000-57403

Keywords

  • cost of energy
  • offshore wind
  • wind energy

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