Unlocking Value through O&M
A review of recent offshore wind business cases shows that the importance of a focus on revenue during the lifetime of the asset creates most value of the business case expressed by the internal rate of return (IRR). (See Exhibit 1.)
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How to Create Value in the Operational Phase
What is necessary to achieve strong O&M capabilities?
PEAK Wind
and BCG have identified seven indicators that will help the offshore wind industry establish mature and more future-proof O&M practices:
- Finding the trade-off between innovation and standardization
- Moving from production-based to revenue-based availability metrics
- Redefining fitness-for-purpose throughout all phases of an offshore project
- Focus on continuously improving the production system
- Better optimization of synergies across portfolio and O&M collaboration with neighboring sites
- Designing data integration, learning models, and work processes to leverage predictables
- Earlier focus on life cycle management
Read the full report for a comprehensive guide on boosting offshore wind profitability.