期刊
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS
卷 45, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.seta.2021.101059
关键词
Levelized cost of energy; Offshore wind energy; Impact of technological innovations; Spatial cost modeling
资金
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-AC3608GO28308]
- U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind Energy Technologies Office
The study evaluates the spatial variability of LCOE caused by technology-induced cost reductions and highlights the considerable impact of technological innovations. The results suggest that prioritizing technology innovation research or funding decisions for advancing offshore wind technologies in the United States should take into account the spatial as well as temporal basis of these impacts.
Recent studies predict significant decreases in the future levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of offshore wind energy, much of which is attributed to anticipated cost reductions from technological innovation. This study evaluates the spatial variability of LCOE caused by technology-induced decreases in a range of capital, operational, and financial cost categories. A spatial cost model of fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind plants is used to model the impact across thousands of potential United States sites. A specified change in an individual turbine subsystem cost produces a range of LCOE outcomes due to the varying geospatial characteristics of the considered sites and the nonlinear, interactive dependency on these input parameters; for example, a 10.8% improvement in net capacity factor can reduce LCOE by between 6% and 20% at different sites. This work expands upon the existing offshore wind literature, which typically evaluates cost sensitivities at a single site and does not consider the spatial variance in LCOE. The results suggest that the impact of technological innovations can be considerable and should be considered on a spatial as well as temporal basis when prioritizing technology innovation research or funding decisions to advance offshore wind technologies in the United States.
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