期刊
ENERGY
卷 36, 期 5, 页码 2459-2464出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.01.036
关键词
Life cycle assessment (LCA); Alpha ventus; Offshore wind farm; Cumulated energy demand (CED); Environmental indicator; Energetic payback period
资金
- Institut fur Energiesystem-, Material- und Umwelttechnik (EMU, Bochum, Germany) at the Ruhr-University Bochum
Due to better wind conditions at sea, offshore wind farms have the advantage of higher electricity production compared to onshore and inland wind farms. In contrast, a greater material input, leading to increased energy consumptions and emissions during the production phase, is required to build offshore wind farms. These contrary effects are investigated for the first German offshore wind farm alpha ventus in the North Sea. In a life cycle assessment its environmental influence is compared to that of Germany's electricity mix. In comparison to the mix, alpha ventus had better indicators in nearly every investigated impact category. One kilowatt-hour electricity, generated by the wind farm, was burdened with 0.137 kWh Primary Energy-Equivalent and 32 g CO(2)-Equivalent, which represented only a small proportion of the accordant values for the mix. Furthermore, the offshore foundations as well as the submarine cable were the main energy intensive components. The energetic and greenhouse gas payback period was less than one year. Therefore, offshore wind power, even in deep water, is compatible with the switch to sustainable electricity production relying on renewable energies. Additional research, taking backup power plants as well as increasingly required energy storage systems into account, will allow further calculation. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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