Methodology to Calculate the Costs of a Floating Offshore Renewable Energy Farm

This paper establishes a general methodology to calculate the life-cycle cost of floating offshore renewable energy devices, applying it to wave energy and wind energy devices. It is accounts for the contributions of the six main phases of their life-cycle: concept definition, design and development...

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Main Authors: Laura Castro-Santos, Elson Martins, C. Guedes Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-04-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/5/324