14:30 - 16:00 Optimising O&M to reduce LCOE
O&M & logistics
Room: Hall G1
This session will consider a number of approaches to reduce the cost of wind energy and to maximise the performance of the turbines. It will consider the latest innovations in pitch design and offshore support vessels, robust methodologies to maximise wind farm lifetimes and how the intelligent use of turbine measurements (SCADA and LIDAR) can maximise performance. Finally, we will look at the innovations required to reduce the cost of offshore wind energy.
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Presenter
Co-authors:
Emilien Simonot (1) F Antoni Martinez (1) Bruce Valpy (2) Kate Freeman (2)
(1) KIC InnoEnergy, Barcelona, Spain (2) BVG Associates, Cricklade, United Kingdom
Presenter's biography
Biographies are supplied directly by presenters at WindEurope Summit 2016 and are published here uneditedEmilien Simonot is Renewable Energy Technology Officer at KIC InnoEnergy. He supports the definition and application of KIC InnoEnergy strategy in renewable energies providing guidance in all the business lines: innovation, business creation and education.
Emilien trained as a renewable energy engineer in both AgroParisTech-ENGREF and the European University of Madrid, he also followed MAP program from INSEAD. He has been involved for 8 years in the renewable energy sector in general and in wind energy in particular, on duty within the technical department of the Spanish Wind Energy Association and managing the Spanish Wind Energy Technology Platform.
Abstract
Offshore wind innovation for cost reduction: what are the knobs to turn?
Introduction
The pressure is on the offshore wind industry to sustainably drive costs down, prove its competitiveness, secure adequate regulatory conditions and all in all, confirm its position as a promising industry for the future of Europe. Technology and innovation are of great importance in both reducing costs and positioning the European wind industry as the unquestionable world leader.
Approach
KIC InnoEnergy and BVG Associates have worked for more than two years now on a methodological approach to systematically identify and quantify the impact that many individual innovations will have on typical European renewable energy power plants. This work has already delivered substantial results with the publication of a series of four reports for offshore and onshore wind (June and September 2014 respectively), solar-thermal electricity (January 2015) and photovoltaics (January 2016).
On top of the reports that are a fix picture of a technology at a point in time, KIC InnoEnergy is making available the original costs models and datasets on interactive online software called Delphos. This work is being updated this year for offshore wind and the new results to be published in July 2016 will suppose a new reference benchmark for the offshore wind sector. More information at: www.kic-innoenergy.com/delphos.
Main body of abstract
Based on the described established methodology, the 2016 offshore wind innovation benchmark proposed will introduce major novelties. In terms of baseline scenarios for cost evaluation, datasets will be updated from 2013 to end 2015, accounting for the steep cost reduction trajectory experience in recent times by the industry. On top of that, the 4 and 8 MW available modelled wind turbines list will be extended with incorporation of 6 and 10 MW and cost projection run till 2030.
Innovation side, focus will be kept on the most relevant areas including wind farm development, wind turbines, support structures, balance of plant, construction and logistics and operation and maintenance, each of those areas including several individual and specific innovations (around 50 innovations are being assessed in total).
Results will allow highlighting the major technology opportunities that the industry should focus on to make an impact on costs from one side and, from a more general perspective, the contribution that technology and innovation, as a whole, will bring to reduce the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) of offshore wind farms at the 2030 horizon. Preliminary results indicate that the 100 €/MWh threshold, not only will be reached during the 2020s decade, but may be well overpassed with LCOE in 2030 reaching less than 50% of today’s value.
Power rating increase with cascading effects on balance of plant and construction as well as technology consolidation in new-coming wind turbine models (8 and 10 MW) are expecting to play a major role in this trend contributing respectively 4% and 17% to this cost reduction for a 8MW wind turbine (preliminar). Completing the picture, new innovations applying to this turbines are anticipated to bring additional 29% cost reduction.
Note: if the abstract is selected and in view of its publication, the authors will replace the preliminray results by final ones.
Conclusion
The results to be presented here demonstrate that technology and innovation in offshore wind are a major contributor towards the competitiveness of the industry and will keep on bringing cost reduction, industrial leadership and sustained European growth. The offshore wind ecosystem must be ready to take the most of these opportunities.
Learning objectives
Get insight vision on offshore wind cost evolution till 2030, the different parameters affecting it and the specific role of innovation and technology,
Identify concrete innovations and get a grip on how to boost your business.
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