The financial cost of wind energy : a multi-national case study / Terry B. Wood and Nicholas C. Ross, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wood, Terry B., editor.

Ross, Nicholas C., editor.

Series:

Energy policies, politics and prices series.

Energy science, engineering and technology series.

Energy policies, politics and prices

Energy Science, Engineering and Technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wind power industry.

Wind power--Cost effectiveness--Case studies.

Wind power.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

The lifetime cost of wind energy is comprised of a number of components including the investment cost, operation and maintenance costs, financing costs, and annual energy production. Accurate representation of these cost streams is critical in estimating a wind plant's cost of energy. Some of these cost streams will vary over the life of a given project. From the outset of project development, investors in wind energy have relatively certain knowledge of the plant's lifetime cost of wind energy. This is because a wind energy project's installed costs and mean wind speed are known early on, and wind generation generally has low variable operation and maintenance costs, zero fuel cost, and no carbon emissions cost. Despite these inherent characteristics, there are wide variations in the cost of wind energy internationally. This book provides a cross-country comparative analysis of the cost of wind energy with a focus on country-specific case studies that describe the unique cost elements of a typical wind energy facility in each of the represented countries.

Contents:

Preface

Multi-national case study of the financial cost of wind energy

Wind levelized cost of energy : a comparison of technical and financing input variables.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62257-254-8