http://blog.maxdunn.com/articles/2009/03/18/electric-generation-costs en-us 40 Max Dunn's Blog <p>What does it cost to build a new electric power plant? Here is a graph that shows this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.theoildrum.com/files/FERC.jpg"><img src="http://www.theoildrum.com/files/FERC.jpg" alt="" width="100%" /></a></p> <p><br /></p> <p>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:</p> <p><a href="http://www.theoildrum.com/files/Cost%20of%20New%20Capacity.png"><img src="http://www.theoildrum.com/files/Cost%20of%20New%20Capacity.png" width="100%" alt="" /></a></p> <p>(Source: <a href="http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5187">What does Sustainability Mean for Energy?</a>)</p> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:30:00 -0800 urn:uuid:06642612-52e4-40b2-a20b-110c18579965 Max Dunn http://blog.maxdunn.com/articles/2009/03/18/electric-generation-costs Sustainable Energy