The UK Carbon Trust study, launched today by Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing at the Global Offshore Wind conference in London, is based on an analysis of 18 concepts on the market that looks at technology trends, cost drivers and barriers to commercialisation.
It highlights that "leading" floater designs moored at commercial-scale, near-shore, deep-water sites could be flowing power "in the 2020s" at an LCOE of £85-95/MWh, which would make them competitive with far-offshore projects using fixed-bottom jacket or monopile foundations.
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