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

Journal article (2018)

Authors

Asger Bech Abrahamsen Technical University of Denmark
D. Liu DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage - EEMCS
Dennis Karwatzki Leibniz Universität
Axel Mertens Leibniz Universität
Max Parker University of Strathclyde
Stephen Finney The University of Edinburgh
H. Polinder Transport Engineering and Logistics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Niklas Magnusson SINTEF Energy Resarch
Arwyn Thomas Siemens Wind Power
Ziad Azar Siemens Wind Power
Ben Hendriks Knowledge Centre WMC
Fujin Deng Aalborg University
Zhe Chen Aalborg University
Research Group
DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2018 Asger Bech Abrahamsen, D. Liu, Niklas Magnusson, Arwyn Thomas, Ziad Azar, Ewoud Stehouwer, Ben Hendriks, Gerrit-Jan Van Zinderen, Fujin Deng, Zhe Chen, Dennis Karwatzki, Axel Mertens, Max Parker, Stephen Finney, H. Polinder
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2018.2810294
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2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Electrical Sustainable Energy

Research Group

DC systems, Energy conversion & Storage

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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