LIFE Cost of Electricity, Capital and Operating Costs

Anklam, T

关键词: CAPITAL;    CAPITALIZED COST;    CARBON;    COAL;    COMMERCIALIZATION;    ECONOMICS;    ELECTRICITY;    EVALUATION;    FISSION;    METRICS;    OPERATING COST;    POWER PLANTS;    THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS;    VIABILITY;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1022881
RP-ID  :  LLNL-TR-480444
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1022881
Others  :  TRN: US1104417

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Successful commercialization of fusion energy requires economic viability as well as technical and scientific feasibility. To assess economic viability, we have conducted a pre-conceptual level evaluation of LIFE economics. Unit costs are estimated from a combination of bottom-up costs estimates, working with representative vendors, and scaled results from previous studies of fission and fusion plants. An integrated process model of a LIFE power plant was developed to integrate and optimize unit costs and calculate top level metrics such as cost of electricity and power plant capital cost. The scope of this activity was the entire power plant site. Separately, a development program to deliver the required specialized equipment has been assembled. Results show that LIFE power plant cost of electricity and plant capital cost compare favorably to estimates for new-build LWR's, coal and gas - particularly if indicative costs of carbon capture and sequestration are accounted for.