IEA Wind Task 26
Subtitle: Work package : multi-national case study of the financial cost of wind energy
By: Paul Schwabe, National Renewable Energy Laboratory ; Sander Lensink, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands ; Maureen Hand, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contributors: Lensink, Sander; Hand, M. Maureen; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.); Stichting Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland
Series: NREL/TP-6A2-48155; NREL/TP -- 6A2-48155.
Publisher: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Golden, CO
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Wind power; Costs; Wind power plants; Case studies; Economic aspects
Other titles: Multi-national case study of the financial cost of wind energy; Work package 1 : final report - IEA Wind Task 26
Description: Using a multi-national case-study approach, this work seeks to understand the sources of wind energy cost differences among seven countries under International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind Task 26 - Cost of Wind Energy. The participating countries in this study include Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Due to data availability, onshore wind energy is the primary focus of this study, though a small sample of reported offshore cost data is also included. This report consists of two principal components. First, an overview and cross-country comparative analysis of the cost of wind energy is presented. The report then proceeds with a series of country-specific case studies that describe the unique cost elements of a typical wind energy facility in each of the represented countries.
Notes: Title from PDF title screen (NREL, viewed Mar. 28, 2011).

"March 2010."

Includes bibliographical references.

Technical report.

DE-AC36-08GO28308. WW3D1000

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