The Role of Logistics in Practical Levelized Cost of Energy Reduction Implementation and Government Sponsored Cost Reduction Studies: Day and Night in Offshore Wind Operations and Maintenance Logistics

This paper reveals that logistics make up at least 17% of annual operational expenditure costs for offshore wind farms. Annual operational expenditure is found to vary by a factor of 9.5, making its share of levelized cost of energy for offshore wind range from 13% to 57%. These are key findings of...

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Main Authors: Thomas Poulsen, Charlotte Bay Hasager, Christian Munk Jensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-04-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/4/464