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WIND POWER
2. Wind power resource. Annual average
wind power density distribution of 5 to
20 meters water depth and 100 meters height
in coastal waters of China. Source: China
Wind Power Development Roadmap to 2050
There are four main ways to lower the cost
of offshore wind power:
■ Offshore wind turbine manufacturing develops
toward large scale and specialization.
■ Increasing competition in links on the industrial
supply chain.
■ Experience is accumulated with optimized
installation methods and new types of
foundation support.
■ Achieving economies of scale in manufacturing.
China
has cheaper labor costs, shipping
rent (transportation costs), and some other
production factors compared to England.
Therefore, the total costs and the LCOE will
be lower in the future.
On-Grid Power Tariff Is Established. In
the early stage, offshore wind power demonstration
projects were examined and approved
separately in China, and so was the
price. For example, a demonstration project
completed in 2010 named Donghai Bridge
Offshore Wind Farm in Shanghai (Figure 3)
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tween departments such as marine, environmental
protection, military, and others.
■ Installation costs are high and do not
match the on-grid power tariff currently,
which makes it hard to profit from offshore
projects.
■ The industrial supply chain is imperfect,
and all aspects of the supply chain lack
experience.
As the European experience shows, all
these problems can be solved by government
support, technology improvement, and improvement
of the industrial supply chain.
Driving Forces
There are several driving forces for offshore
wind power development in China.
Cost Reductions Are Driven by Technology
Progress and Optimization of
the Industrial Supply Chain. The offshore
wind power sector is new, which means components
and equipment used in China are
mostly adapted from other industries. Therefore,
the industrial supply chain for offshore
wind power is immature and imperfect. Also,
there is tremendous room for progress in
technology and installation methods.
With increased research and investment
in related fields, cost reductions may be realized.
For example, as is forecasted by the
Crown Estate, the levelized cost of electricity
(LCOE) of offshore power in England can, in
a variety of ways, drop by 39% compared to
2011 by the year 2020. That would be a drop
from £140/MWh in 2011 to £85.4 /MWh in
2020.
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