Electric Generation Costs

Posted by Max Dunn Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:30:00 GMT

What does it cost to build a new electric power plant? Here is a graph that shows this:


However, you do need to adjust this for utililization, since nuclear operates about 90% of the time, while solar operates only about 20% of the time:

(Source: What does Sustainability Mean for Energy?)

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