Dong Energy has set a record low price for offshore wind power in a winning bid to build two arrays off the coast of the Netherlands. The Danish company committed to supply electricity at €72.70/MWh (US$80.40), not including transmission costs. The cables will add about €14/MWh, experts say. That beats an industry goal of bringing costs below €100/MWh by 2020. The closest any rival had previously come was €103/MWh by Vattenfall in Denmark last year. It brings a relatively expensive form of renewable energy a step closer to competing on cost with conventional power stations. http://www.climatechangenews.com/20...fshore-wind-cost-milestone-three-years-early/
I have done work for DONG in their alter ego as an oil and gas company. (IIRC DONG stands for Danish Oil and Natural Gas.) It would be interesting to see what results could be obtained in this field if the industry giants made serious investment in alternative energies, rather than the dabbling they appear to be currently engaged in.
