Economies of scale, learning effects and offshore wind development costs

David E. Dismukes and Gregory Upton

Renewable Energy, 2015, vol. 83, issue C, 61-66

Abstract: This paper presents a model of overnight development costs for offshore wind projects and tests for the presence of economies of scale and learning effects. Both industry-wide and country-specific learning effects are analyzed. Recently, “pilot projects” have been proposed in states such as Maine and New Jersey with the hope of inducing cost savings in future larger utility scale projects. Therefore the impact of country-specific learning effects are of particular importance.

Keywords: Offshore wind; Economies of scale; Learning effects; Overnight costs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.04.002

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