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by credit_guy 1279 days ago
According to [1] the cost of such a large wind turbine is about $1 MM/ MW. Assuming a capacity factor of 40% [2], a 12 MW turbine would produce about 115 MWh per day, or 42 GWh per year, or 840 GWh over a lifespan of 20 years. That's about 1.4 cents per kWh. But that's excluding other costs (installation, operation, transmission). It appears to me this is the dominant cost, so overall I think it would come to less than 3 cents per kWh.

[1] https://www.offshorewind.biz/2020/09/21/rystad-energy-less-i...

[2] https://windeurope.org/about-wind/daily-wind/capacity-factor...