Economics of Offshore Wind Power

Provides a thorough analysis of economics and regulation of offshore wind industry

Gives robust coverage of varying policy frameworks in the global landscape

Unlike other texts, goes beyond a focus on technology to understand policy and economic cost

Autorentext
Rahmatallah Poudineh is a Lead Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.Craig Brown is a Visiting Researcher at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.Benjamin Foley, P.E. is the General Manager of Keystone Engineering Inc., New Orleans.

Inhalt

1 Introduction: The Role of the Offshore Wind Industry.- 2. Global Offshore Wind Market .- 3. Cost Drivers and Technical Hurdles.- 4. Renewable Energy Support Policy Design.- 5. Current Support Policies to Promote Offshore Wind Power.- 6. Cost Reductions and Innovation in the Offshore Wind Industry.- 7. Public Attitude and Public Acceptance of the Offshore Wind Farms.- 8. Two Scenarios for Offshore Wind.- 9. The Implications for Policy.- 10. Conclusion: Policy Design and the Future of Offshore Wind.