Research and analysis

Review of power generation costs for floating offshore wind and tidal stream energy technologies

Reviews of cost and technical assumptions for floating offshore wind and tidal stream energy.

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Details

These reports by Frazer-Nash cover updates to the cost and technical assumptions for the following technologies:

  • tidal stream energy (TSE)
  • floating offshore wind (FOW)

The evidence drawn from these reviews inform:

  • estimates of the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) in the November update to the Generation Costs Report 2023
  • administrative strike prices (ASP) analysis in Allocation Round 6 (AR6) for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) renewables deployment scheme

The accompanying cover note provides more detail on uncertainties and limitations and the use of this data within DESNZ.

Updates to this page

Published 16 November 2023

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