Power Plants: Characteristics and Costs

Kaplan, Stan

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Electric power plants;    Electric power production;    Energy;    Energy prices;    Power resources;   

RP-ID  :  RL34746
RP-ID  :  RL34746_2008Nov13

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report analyzes the factors that determine the cost of electricity from new power plants. These factors — including construction costs, fuel expense, environmental regulations, and financing costs — can all be affected by government energy, environmental, and economic policies. The report provides projections of the possible cost of power from new fossil, nuclear, and renewable plants built in 2015, illustrating how different assumptions, such as for the availability of federal incentives, change the cost rankings of the technologies.