Projected Costs of Generating Electricity - OECD Nuclear Energy ...

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword 5
Executive Summary 11
Chapter 1 – Introduction 15
Background 15
Objectives and scope 15
Evolution of decision making in the electricity sector 16
Past studies in the series 17
Other relevant international and national studies 18
Overview of the report 20
Chapter 2 – Input data and cost calculation framework 23
Overview of the questionnaire 23
Coverage of responses 24
Methodology and common assumptions 25
Chapter 3 – Generation costs of coal-fired, gas-fired and nuclear power plants 35
Coal-fired power plants 35
Gas-fired power plants 39
Nuclear power plants 43
Cost ranges for coal, gas and nuclear power plants 46
Cost ratios for coal, gas and nuclear power plants 46
Chapter 4 – Generation costs of wind, hydro and solar power plants 53
Wind power plants 53
Hydro power plants 56
Solar power plants 58
Chapter 5 – Generation costs of combined heat and power (CHP) plants 63
Background 63
Characteristics of the CHP plants considered in the study 63
Cost estimation approach 63
Electricity generation cost estimates 65
Chapter 6 – Other generation technologies 69
Distributed generation 69
Waste incineration and landfill gas 71
Combustible renewable 71
Geothermal 72
Oil 72
Chapter 7 – Findings and conclusions 73
Background 73
Scope of the study and limitations in the methodology used 73
Technology trends 75
Coal, gas and nuclear electricity generation 75
Renewable sources, CHP and other technologies 76
Generation cost trends 77
Concluding remarks 78
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