Offshore wind turbines are normally designed for a nominal service life of 20 to 25 years; however, with significant number units approaching the second half their life, discussion on selecting most appropriate end-of-life scenario becomes ever more relevant. Scenarios be investigated mainly include decommissioning, repowering, or extension, while such decisions depend criteria which should tak...

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The Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project (WRCGRP), a joint venture between Dynegy Power Corp., and PSI Energy, Inc., began commercial operation in November of 1995. The Project, selected by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Coal Program (Round IV) represents the largest operating coal-gasification combined-cycle plant in the world. This demonstration proj...