Offshore wind: capacity by country and forecasts?
…helpful data from GWEC. The largest offshore wind capacity bases among different countries are in China (31GW, meaning that 9% of China’s total wind capacity was offshore), the UK (14GW,…
Offshore wind: installation vessels and time per turbine?
Wind turbine installation vessels are estimated to cost $100-500/kW in the breakdown of a typical offshore wind project’s capex. Total offshore construction time is around 10 days per turbine. Offshore…
Two Majors’ Secret Race for the Future of Offshore Wind?
…& Wind Energy If you search the internet for Exxon’s “wind power” business, you are most likely to encounter its range of lubricants for wind-turbines. Its largest public foray so…
Offshore wind: levelized costs?
…on capex adds 1c/kWh and each 1% on WACC adds 1.3 c/kWh to offshore wind levelized costs. $599.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart The levelized costs of offshore wind are built…
Offshore wind: the lion, the witch and the wardrobe?
This 14-page report re-visits our wind industry outlook. Our long-term forecasts are reluctantly being revised downwards by 25%, especially for offshore wind, where levelized costs have reinflated by 30% to…
Offshore Wind: Tracking Turbines with Satellites and Machine Learning?
…filings, we are looking for examples of Energy Majors developing superior technologies for traditional, offshore wind. Today’s note highlights an example… [restrict] Equinor has patented a new wind monitoring methodology…
Offshore wind: installation costs by vessel?
An offshore wind project is likely to cost $2,500/kW, of which c$1,500/kW is turbines and $1,000/kW is offshore wind installation costs. This data-file aims to estimate the breakdown by vessel…
Offshore wind: will costs follow Moore’s Law?
…has doubled computing performance every 18-months since 1965. (1) Offshore wind costs are not following Moore’s Law yet. And after reviewing 50 patents from one of the world’s leading wind…
Floating offshore wind: what challenges?
…capex and levelized costs, compared with traditional offshore wind. The potential for floating offshore wind is also location dependent, with inherent advantages, in some geographies over others. These conclusions are…
Floating offshore wind: what challenges?
…capex and levelized costs, compared with traditional offshore wind. The potential for floating offshore wind is also location dependent, with inherent advantages, for example, in Norway relative to China, due…