Comparison of levelized cost of energy of superconducting direct drive generators for a 10-MW offshore wind turbine

Abrahamsen, Asger Bech and Liu, Dong and Magnusson, Niklas and Thomas, Arwyn and Azar, Ziad and Stehouwer, Ewoud and Hendriks, Ben and Van Zinderen, Gerrit-Jan and Deng, Fujin and Chen, Zhe and Karwatzki, Dennis and Mertens, Axel and Parker, Max and Finney, Stephen and Polinder, Henk (2018) Comparison of levelized cost of energy of superconducting direct drive generators for a 10-MW offshore wind turbine. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 28 (4). 5208205. ISSN 1051-8223 (https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2018.2810294)

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Abstract

A method for comparing the levelized cost of energy (LCoE) of different superconducting drive trains is introduced. The properties of a 10-MW MgB2 superconducting direct-drive generator and the cost break down of the nacelle components are presented and scaled up to a turbine with a rotor diameter of up to 280 m. The partial load efficiency of the generator is evaluated for a constant cooling power of 0, 50, and 100 kW, and the annual energy production is used to determine the impact on the LCoE.

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Abrahamsen, Asger Bech, Liu, Dong, Magnusson, Niklas, Thomas, Arwyn, Azar, Ziad, Stehouwer, Ewoud, Hendriks, Ben, Van Zinderen, Gerrit-Jan, Deng, Fujin, Chen, Zhe, Karwatzki, Dennis, Mertens, Axel, Parker, Max ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8268-4829, Finney, Stephen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5039-3533 and Polinder, Henk;