At 08:25 am 28/02/2006 -0900, you wrote:
>Some older but still meaningful data on unit costs of energy:
>
>http://www.awea.org/pubs/factsheets/Cost2001.PDF
>
>Fuel Levelized costs (cents/kWh) (1996)
>
>Coal 4.8-5.5
>Gas3.9-4.4
>Hydro 5.1-11.3
>Biomass
Some older but still meaningful data on unit costs of energy:
http://www.awea.org/pubs/factsheets/Cost2001.PDF
Fuel Levelized costs (cents/kWh) (1996)
Coal 4.8-5.5
Gas3.9-4.4
Hydro 5.1-11.3
Biomass5.8-11.6
Nuclear 11.1-14.5
Wind (
On Monday 27 February 2006 21:34, Horace Heffner wrote:
> On Feb 27, 2006, at 4:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Coal fired plants are a significant source of ionizing radiation,
> > also.
>
> Yes indeed. An old post on this (edited for spelling) follows.
> However, it is notable that the new e
On Feb 27, 2006, at 4:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Coal fired plants are a significant source of ionizing radiation,
also.
Yes indeed. An old post on this (edited for spelling) follows.
However, it is notable that the new emissions free technologies for
sequestering CO2 may solve th
Our local state owned electric power plant, Fayette Power operated by the
Lower Colorado River Authority of Texas uses mostly Wyoming Coal railed down via
some 2500 hopper cars owned or leased by LCRA. Normal load per train is
100-115 hopper cars with two trains per day. A third of the hoppe
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From: Horace Heffner
Yes, or the cost of acid rain.
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Coal fired plants are a significant source of ionizing radiation, also.
Terry
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Actually, this gets even more complicated. You have to factor in what
I suppose should be called "timeliness" or "usefulness" or simply the
value per kilowatt hour. As noted, gas turbines are used for peak
power when it is most needed. Wind turbines produce energy when the
wind blows, which may
On Feb 27, 2006, at 12:38 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Horace Heffner wrote:
Page 2 shows the cost of a 1.65-MW turbine is $0.79/W, but actual
power can come in at about 1/3 the nameplate rating, which gives
about $2.40/W.
That adjustment is reasonable, but it complicates things. By the
sam
Horace Heffner wrote:
Page 2 shows the cost of a 1.65-MW turbine is $0.79/W, but actual
power can come in at about 1/3 the nameplate rating, which gives about $2.40/W.
That adjustment is reasonable, but it complicates things. By the same
token, you might adjust nuclear power, because nuclear
Please let me know if any numbers look wrong. The following data and
references are related to
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/BigPicture.pdf,
especially the data in Table 1, repeated immediately below.
Table 1 - Current energy plant capital cost in $/W
Gas turbine 0.5
Wind
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