An economic assessment of tropical cyclone risk on offshore wind farms

Renewable Energy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 180-192

  Hong, Lixuan ^a   Möller, Bernd ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

China; Economic risk; GIS; Offshore wind; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COASTAL REGIONS; DAMAGE MODEL; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMIC RISK; ECONOMIC RISKS; EVENT MODEL; EXTREME WIND SPEED; GAINING MOMENTUM; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; INVESTMENT COSTS; OFFSHORE WIND FARMS; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; OFFSHORE WINDS; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SPECIFIC DESIGN; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND CLIMATE;

COASTAL ZONES; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LOSSES; OFFSHORE POWER PLANTS; RATING; WIND POWER;

HURRICANES;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY PLANNING; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; GIS; PROBABILITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND FARM; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84858286624     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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