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15 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 15 Sep 2021

Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – Part 2: Updated ship design and cost of energy estimate

Aurélien Babarit, Félix Gorintin, Pierrick de Belizal, Antoine Neau, Giovanni Bordogna, and Jean-Christophe Gilloteaux

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Abd-Jamil, R., Chaigneau, A., Gilloteaux, J.-C., Lelong, P., and Babarit, A.: Comparison of the capacity factor of stationary wind turbines and weather-routed energy ships in the far-offshore, J. Phys.-Conf. Ser., 1356, 2019. 
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Babarit, A., Clodic, G., Delvoye, S., and Gilloteaux, J.-C.: Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – Part 1: Energy ship design and performance, Wind Energ. Sci., 5, 839–853, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-839-2020, 2020a. 
Babarit, A., Delvoye, S., Clodic, G., and Gilloteaux, J.-C.: Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships. Part B. Cost of energy, Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2019-101, 2020b. 
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