A stakeholder analysis of divergent supply-chain trends for the European onshore and offshore wind installations |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA;2. Institute for Future Energy Consumer Needs and Behavior (FCN), School of Business and Economics / E.ON Energy Research Center, RWTH Aachen University, Mathieustrasse 10, 52074 Aachen, Germany;3. London Business School, Regent''s Park, London NW1 4SA, United Kingdom;1. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Structures for Wind Resistance and Vibration Control & School of Civil Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, Hunan, China;2. Department of Engineering Science, University of Greenwich, UK;3. Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong;4. Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group, Xiangtan 411102, Hunan, China;5. School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan 437000, Hubei, China;1. IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais no. 1, 1049 Lisbon, Portugal;2. IN+, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais no. 1, 1049 Lisbon, Portugal;1. Environmental PHYsics LABoratory (EPHYSLAB), Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo, 32004, Ourense, Spain;2. CESAM, Physics Department, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal;3. Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA;4. Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR), Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Columbia, MD, 20771, USA;5. Observatorio del Litoral de la Universidade da Coruña, Campus de Elviña, 15071, A Coruña, Spain;1. DC Systems, Energy Conversion & Storage Group, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | This paper provides a survey-based analysis of investment decisions and structural shifts related to onshore and offshore wind power supply chains. Insights on cost reductions are obtained from a detailed stakeholder survey conducted amongst the European wind power industry in 2012. Overall, a rather more optimistic view of the scope for cost reductions in offshore technology is presented than has previously been evident in empirical analysis. From the analysis we conclude that the wind power industry has experienced a decoupling process of the offshore supply chain from its onshore counterpart with diverging technological requirements. For policy-makers, it is essential to acknowledge that barriers to adoption and the consequent needs for subsidies among the players in the onshore and offshore supply chains seem to differ, and that a micro-level analysis of the innovations and risks involved at the various stages in the supply chain is necessary. |
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| Keywords: | Wind power Offshore Supply chain Technology adoption Learning |
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