Cost reductions for offshore wind power: Exploring the balance between scaling, learning and R&D

Renewable Energy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 389-393

  Van der Zwaan, Bob ^a,b,c   Rivera Tinoco, Rodrigo ^a   Lensink, Sander ^a   van den Oosterkamp, Paul ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodity prices; Cost developments; Economies of scale; Learning by doing; Learning by searching; Offshore wind energy

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICES; COST DEVELOPMENTS; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; LEARNING-BY-DOING; LEARNING-BY-SEARCHING; OFF-SHORE WIND ENERGY;

COMPETITION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MANUFACTURE; PARKS; TURBINES; WIND POWER;

COST REDUCTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; LEARNING; SCALE EFFECT; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EUROPE; IRISH SEA; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84155171294     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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