Ecological and economic cost-benefit analysis of offshore wind energy
Ecological and economic cost-benefit analysis of offshore wind energy
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DOI：
10.1016/j.renene.2008.11.015
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
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8.7
通讯作者：
Kaiser, Mark J.
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作者：
Snyder, Brian;Kaiser, Mark J.
风能在过去十年中经历了巨大的增长。这一增长的一小部分发生在海外。但随着最好的风能资源在陆上得到开发，人们对开发海上风能的兴趣日益浓厚。与任何形式的电力生产一样，海上风能既有积极的影响，也有消极的影响。潜在的负面影响激起了人们对美国首个海上风电提案的强烈反对，并推迟了美国首个海上风电场的开发。这里我们讨论海上风电相对于陆上风电和常规电力生产的成本和收益。我们审查了海上风电的成本估算，并将其与陆上风电和常规电力的估算进行比较。我们根据 2000 年至 2008 年公开报道的项目开发了海上风电的经验成本函数，并描述了分析的局限性。我们利用这一分析来讨论传统风能、陆上风能和海上风能利用之间的权衡。 (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. 保留所有权利。
Wind energy has experienced dramatic growth over the past decade. A small fraction of this growth has occurred offshore. but as the best wind resources become developed onshore, there is increasing interest in the development of offshore winds. Like any form of power production, offshore wind energy has both positive and negative impacts. The potential negative impacts have stimulated a great deal of opposition to the first offshore wind power proposals in the U.S. and have delayed the development of the first offshore wind farm in the U.S. Here we discuss the costs and benefits of offshore wind relative to onshore wind power and conventional electricity production. We review cost estimates for offshore wind power and compare these to estimates for onshore wind and conventional power. We develop empirical cost functions for offshore wind based on publicly reported projects from 2000 to 2008, and describe the limitations of the analysis. We use this analysis to inform a discussion of the tradeoffs between conventional, onshore and offshore wind energy usage. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.