SCIENTIFIC PAPER – Designing sustainable wind farms requires considering both economic and environmental impacts beyond just the cost of energy. This study presents a framework to assess these impacts, revealing that technological choices like low specific power, tall towers, and high export cable voltage can improve overall performance, with significant environmental effects stemming from steel production and vessel activities.

Authors: S. Kainz, A. Guillore, and C. L. Bottasso

The present deliverable summarizes the Reference Scenarios used for techno-economic and environmental model development in the SUDOCO project. The scenarios consist of reference wind park designs in The Netherlands, Portugal, and Denmark. The document is currently under review by the European Commission, pending approval.