Operating experience, economics and wind plant optimization
Conference
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OSTI ID:92999
- Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc., Palm Springs, CA (United States)
The Vestas group has installed more than 4,500 wind turbines (640 MW) world-wide. Experience from this development contradicts several myths about the costs of producing wind energy. The paper will document that it Vestas wind projects: (1) wind turbine availability does not decrease with age; (2) service and maintenance costs do not increase with age; (3) that initial investment costs have decreased dramatically over the last ten years. The relative importance of different project costs are discussed, and sensitivity analysis is performed to illustrate that O and M costs, wind turbine availability, and financing parameters significantly influence the cost of energy production. New Vestas turbine models are introduced, including V42-600 kW and V60-1500 kW turbines.
- OSTI ID:
- 92999
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950116--; ISBN 0-7918-1294-4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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