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Power - Wave power - 2,250 kW

Template assignment

Base case

• Central grid connection

Proposed case

• Project located in Agucadoura, Portugal (nearest weather data is Santa Maria Island)
• Three 750 kW offshore articulated linear attenuator wave power systems
• Capacity factor estimated to be 30%
• 3 km seabed transmission cable to on-shore central grid connection
• Cost of complete installation $12.3 million
• Preferential wave power feed-in tariff permits electricity to be sold at $0.35/kWh
• Annual operating and maintenance costs are estimated at $0.05/kWh

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.