Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Offshore Wind Farm: Kudat Malaysia Case
The Government of Malaysia has set a striving target to achieve a higher usage of renewable energy (RE) in the energy mix which is currently around 2% of the country’s electricity. Yet, the government intends to increase this ratio up to 20% by the year 2025. Most of the renewable energy in Malaysia...
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doaj-6d4966398ef544cdb3baaedf6ae979f42021-07-23T14:08:15ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502021-07-01137943794310.3390/su13147943Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Offshore Wind Farm: Kudat Malaysia CaseShamsan Alsubal0Wesam Salah Alaloul1Eu Lim Shawn2M. S. Liew3Pavitirakumar Palaniappan4Muhammad Ali Musarat5Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, MalaysiaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, MalaysiaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, MalaysiaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, MalaysiaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, MalaysiaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, MalaysiaThe Government of Malaysia has set a striving target to achieve a higher usage of renewable energy (RE) in the energy mix which is currently around 2% of the country’s electricity. Yet, the government intends to increase this ratio up to 20% by the year 2025. Most of the renewable energy in Malaysia comes from hydropower and biomass sources. Meanwhile, numerous studies have been conducted to determine the feasibility of wind energy in Malaysia. Several locations were reported to be economically viable for wind energy development such as Kudat, Mersing, and Kuala Terengganu. This study presents and discusses the whole life cycle cost analysis of an offshore wind farm in Kudat, Malaysia and determines the cost drivers of offshore wind energy developments. It covers the wind data collection and analysis, breakdown of whole life cycle cost structure, and calculation of the levelized cost of energy (LCOE). Results showed that almost 67% of the total cost was incurred by the capital expenditure (CAPEX), and around 26% by operation and maintenance costs (OPEX), while decommissioning costs (DECOM) reached up to 7% of the whole life cycle costs. The LCOE was calculated and determined to be USD 127.58/MWh.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/14/7943offshore wind energylevelized cost of wind energyMalaysian offshore wind energycost of wind energyLCOE Malaysia |
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Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Offshore Wind Farm: Kudat Malaysia Case |
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Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Offshore Wind Farm: Kudat Malaysia Case |
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Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Offshore Wind Farm: Kudat Malaysia Case |
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Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Offshore Wind Farm: Kudat Malaysia Case |
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Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Offshore Wind Farm: Kudat Malaysia Case |
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life cycle cost assessment of offshore wind farm: kudat malaysia case |
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The Government of Malaysia has set a striving target to achieve a higher usage of renewable energy (RE) in the energy mix which is currently around 2% of the country’s electricity. Yet, the government intends to increase this ratio up to 20% by the year 2025. Most of the renewable energy in Malaysia comes from hydropower and biomass sources. Meanwhile, numerous studies have been conducted to determine the feasibility of wind energy in Malaysia. Several locations were reported to be economically viable for wind energy development such as Kudat, Mersing, and Kuala Terengganu. This study presents and discusses the whole life cycle cost analysis of an offshore wind farm in Kudat, Malaysia and determines the cost drivers of offshore wind energy developments. It covers the wind data collection and analysis, breakdown of whole life cycle cost structure, and calculation of the levelized cost of energy (LCOE). Results showed that almost 67% of the total cost was incurred by the capital expenditure (CAPEX), and around 26% by operation and maintenance costs (OPEX), while decommissioning costs (DECOM) reached up to 7% of the whole life cycle costs. The LCOE was calculated and determined to be USD 127.58/MWh. |
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offshore wind energy levelized cost of wind energy Malaysian offshore wind energy cost of wind energy LCOE Malaysia |
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