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Power - Ocean current power - 1,200 kW

Template assignment

Base case
  • Central-grid connection
Proposed case
  • Project located in Northern Ireland (nearest weather data is Clones/Cluan Eois)
  • Ocean current turbine with 1,200 kW capacity, submerged in strong tidal stream
  • Capacity factor of 35%
  • Installed costs of $8,000 per kW of capacity
  • Subsidized feed-in tariff for innovative project $0.35/kWh
  • Annual operating and maintenance costs are estimated at 5% of initial costs
Solution

The worked-out solution is the data file selected from within the RETScreen Project Database. The user automatically downloads the Project Database file while downloading the RETScreen software.