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European Offshore Windfarm Operations & Maintenance - Benchmarks, Costs and Best Practices for Current and Future Wind Farms
T.A. Cook, May 2011, Pages: 177
Study objectives and benefits
The offshore wind industry has seen a dramatic increase in concern over the costs and practicalities of operations and maintenance (O&M). There are strategic and operational concerns in the market: strategically, projects will find finance more accessible and affordable if they can demonstrate properly developed O&M policies and costings for their planned wind farms; operationally because people need to know what challenges they are likely to face throughout the wind farm lifetime.
However, while in broad terms the industry is aware of problems arising from unforeseen failures or costs, objective data related to costs and performance has been hard to obtain from multiple sites to provide reliable benchmarks for O&M performance and practices.
This international study brings together critical information and analysis in one clear and digestible report; providing much-needed information on O&M costs, practices, cost drivers and the future evolution of O&M. This provides concrete information for the first time to the whole offshore wind industry including policy setters, R&D organisations, investors and manufacturers as well as wind farm operators and developers.
Because of the confidential nature of the source data, some information is presented as averages, aggregates or in an anonymised fashion. However, this provides the only comprehensive and coherent opportunity to benchmark O&M activities, costs and performance against the rest of the industry.
Gain unique insights into:
- OPEX and life cycle costs for offshore wind farms
- Benchmarks for reliability, availability
- The best strategies and systems for cost effective operations
- Wind farm accessibility and transfer methods
- Technical and business impacts on future wind farm O&M performance
Who should read this study and why:
Offshore wind farm operators and developers
- Benchmark your operations against the rest of Europe
- Get an overview on the development of operations and maintenance cost over the lifetime of offshore wind farm
- Gain insights into the strategies of the most efficient wind farm operators
- Learn which O&M strategies have proved successful and which ones will scale to meet future demand
Component suppliers (OEMs)
- Identify opportunities to boost your competitive position based on overall lifecycle costs
- Reduce the cost of wind farm service contracts by adopting best practices internationally
- Assess quick wins and long term strategies to improve wind farm reliability
Investors and financial specialists
- Gain international benchmarks of offshore wind O&M cost drivers
- Identify how O&M costs develop over the lifetime of offshore wind farms
- Reduce your investment risk based on operational costs
The research is based on a variety of quantitative and qualitative techniques, including:
- Detailed surveys sent out to wind farm operators and companies in the supply chain.
- In-depth interviews with a wide selection of key contacts to go into greater detail in essential areas.
- Desk research incorporating currently available data.
- Where possible, collaboration with existing research projects to examine and assess findings to date. Because of the confidential nature of the source data, some information are presented as averages, aggregates or in an anonymised fashion.
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