Decision Support Tool for Offshore Wind Parks in the Context of Project Financing

摘要

1 Introduction The development of renewable energy technologies has been increasingly furthered by governments in various countries in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this context the offshore wind energy sector represents one major part as in some regions there is enormous potential for electricity production [7]. The importance is increasing due to the usage of ever larger dimensions of the wind energy turbines and its engines along with respective economies of scale. Due to high total costs of the wind parks project financing gains an increasingly important role. The profitability of the wind parks, however, depends on the regional feed-in tariffs. Behind this background it is important to evaluate the profitability of offshore wind parks for every individual project. This includes the identification and analysis of individual risk factors in the context of the risk management of a project in order to be able to make a differentiated statement regarding the influence of specific risk factors on the project success.