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Table A2.11 – Wind plant O&M cost coverage
AUT BEL CZE DNK DNK DNK DEU GRC GRC GRC GRC ITA ITA NLD PRT USA
W1 W2 W3 W1 W2 W3-4 W5 W1 W2
Operation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Maintenance (materials,
manpower, services) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Engineering support staff ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ns ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Administration ✔ ✔ x ✔ ✔ ns ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
General expenses of central services
(outside the site) x ✔ x ✔ ✔ ns ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Taxes & duties (plant specific) ✔ x x ns x ns ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ x ✔ x
Insurance (plant specific) ✔ ✔ x ✔ ✔ ns ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ x
Major refurbishment x ns x ✔ 1 x ns x x x x x ✔ x x ✔ 3 x
Site leasing payments ns ✔ ✔ x x ns ✔ x x x x ✔ ✔ x ✔ ✔
Credits ns ns x x x ns x x x x x ✔ ✔ x x x 4
Others ns ns x ✔ x ns ns x x x x ns ✔ ✔ 2 x ns
Notes:
1. Major overhauls foreseen twice during lifetime. Decommissioning costs are included in O&M budget as well.
2. Environmental monitoring programme (1.0 million €/year).
3. Increase of O&M costs from eleventh year onwards.
4. Specific network charges are included in the modelling and analysis, but because of the extreme variability, they are not included
in the costs given in the questionnaire.
Abbreviations: ✔ = included x = excluded ns = not specified
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