Table 3.8 Levelised costs of production for TROPOS design concepts
Design
Unit
Production (units/year)
LCoP (€/unit)
Aquaculture
European Seabass
Ton of fish
1521
12,240
Meagre
Ton of fish
1521
12,240
Greater Amberjack
Ton of fish
1460
12,751
Leisure
Visitor centre
Visits
69,277
52.85
Restaurant
Meals
94,133
46.52
Hotel
Night stays
10,220
305.69
Service hub
Services
20,334,129
2.13
Container terminal
TEU
500,000
163.78
Table 3.9 Results from the financial analysis of Mermaid concepts designs
Design
CAPEX (€
million)
OPEX (€
million/year)
Revenues (€
million/year)
NPV (€
million
NPV/
CAPEX
Internal rate
of return
Atlantic
Site
À2257.45
À53.94
148.14
À1659.19 À0.7349 À2.91%
Wind
energy
À1410.90
À33.71
129.75
À695.32 À0.4928 2.24%
Wave
energy
À846.54
À20.23
18.39
À963.87 À1.1385 –
North
Sea Site
À3037.84
À190.25
437.47
À1129.63 À0.3718 4.15%
Wind
energy
À2800.50
À100.00
359.50
À746.90 À0.2667 5.63%
Mussels
À22.58
À32.75
45.00
87.37
3.8693 36.69%
Seaweed
À214.76
À57.50
32.50
À470.10 À2.1889 –
Fig. 3.2 MERMAID design concepts net present value comparison