IN DEPTH: The monopile's comeback is shaking the foundations

The European wind-power industry’s Olympian effort to scale up its offshore turbines towards 10MW has driven down the levelised cost of energy (LCoE) to the point where the targeted £100 ($143) per MWh is now squarely in the cross-hairs.

MT Højgaard’s XL monopile
MT Højgaard’s XL monopile
Published 2 February 2016, 09:55Updated 29 October 2016, 08:55
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