Performance-based maintenance contracts for offshore wind farms: A decision-making flowchart to structure the sourcing process for the post-warranty O&M phase of offshore wind farms

The pioneers in the early 21th century who built the first big offshore wind farms now have to compete with the quickly improving renewable energy technologies and see their farm being out-dated (See also: Dvorak, 2013 & Wind Energy Update, 2013). At present, wind farm owners face difficult decisions when finding the right O&M contract...