Y Feng
Early experiences with UK Round 1 offshore wind farms
Feng, Y; Tavner, PJ; Long, H
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PJ Tavner
H Long
Abstract
The UK government plans that offshore wind power should play a major part in meeting the UK’s renewable energy and carbon emission targets by 2020. The pioneer UK round 1 offshore wind farm projects, based on sites let in 2001, were supported by the UK Department of Trade and Industry’s ‘Offshore wind capital grants scheme’. Round 2 offshore sites were let in 2003 and the successful bidders for round 3 offshore sites were announced in January 2010; therefore the published reports from round 1 could provide valuable information on offshore experiences for the operation of later rounds. This paper reviews the performances of those UK round 1 offshore wind farms during their early operation based on published reports from the ‘Offshore wind capital grants scheme’ available for the period 2004–2007 and early operational issues. UK round 1 offshore wind farms have achieved an average cost of energy of £69 per MWh, in line with expectations, but at 80·3% the average availability fell short of expectations. The availability of UK round 1 offshore wind farms has been shown to decrease with increasing wind speed therefore it is recommended that improvements of availability at wind speeds of 7–14 m/s will be needed to meet more ambitious economic targets.
Citation
Feng, Y., Tavner, P., & Long, H. (2010). Early experiences with UK Round 1 offshore wind farms. Energy, 163(4), 167-181. https://doi.org/10.1680/ener.2010.163.4.167
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Nov 1, 2010 |
Deposit Date | Nov 12, 2010 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 25, 2010 |
Journal | Proceedings of the ICE - Energy |
Print ISSN | 1751-4223 |
Electronic ISSN | 1751-4231 |
Publisher | ICE Publishing |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 163 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 167-181 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1680/ener.2010.163.4.167 |
Keywords | Renewable energy, Reviews, Management. |
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This paper is a postprint of a paper submitted to and accepted for publication in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers : energy and is subject to Institution of Civil Engineering Copyright. The copy of record is available at ICE Virtual Library.
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