• Economic Feasibility of Floating Offshore Wind Farms in the North of Spain 

      Castro-Santos, Laura; Bento, A. Rute; Silva, Dina; Salvação, Nádia; Guedes Soares, Carlos (2020)
      [Abstract] This paper assesses the economic feasibility of offshore wind farms installed in deep waters considering their internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV), and levelized cost of energy (LCOE). The ...
    • Methodology to Calculate the Costs of a Floating Offshore Renewable Energy Farm 

      Castro-Santos, Laura; Martins, Elson; Guedes Soares, Carlos (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2016)
      This paper establishes a general methodology to calculate the life-cycle cost of floating offshore renewable energy devices, applying it to wave energy and wind energy devices. It is accounts for the contributions of the ...