[NukeNet] Wind cheaper than coal, nukes...

[Rhonda Roff]

I dont see Solar PV on the list, only solar thermal. Mike, do you know?
Rhonda

On 6/23/08, MoJo <mollypj at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>    I have yet to see any cost estimate that figures in keeping waste
> isolated from the environment for thousands of years.  How many trillions of
> dollars might that add to the cost of nuclear power?  And where would those
> figures put nukes in comparison?
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> Also, do those figures for nukes include decommisioning cost?
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> Molly
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> --- On *Sun, 6/22/08, Mike Ewall <catalyst at actionpa.org>* wrote:
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> From: Mike Ewall <catalyst at actionpa.org>
> Subject: [NukeNet] Wind cheaper than coal, nukes...
> To: nukenet at energyjustice.net
> Date: Sunday, June 22, 2008, 8:20 AM
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> NukeNet Anti-Nuclear Network (nukenet at energyjustice.net)
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> Thanks to Ted Nace on our "No New Coal Plants" email list for
> bringing this information to light.  I just added in the figures for
> nuclear power and other energy sources, so you can see that wind and
> most other energy sources are cheaper than nuclear power.
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> On May 13 the California Energy Commission a new comparison of the
> costs of new generating capacity from various sources. Here are the
> results. Note that all these estimates include firming resource costs.
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> Busbar cost in cents per kilowatt-hour in 2008 dollars:
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> Biogas:  8.552
> Wind:   8.910
> Gas Combined Cycle:    9.382
> Geothermal:           10.182
> Hydroelectric:           10.527
> Coal Supercritical:           10.554
> Coal Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC):           11.481
> Solar thermal:          12.653
> Nuclear: 15.316
> Biomass:           16.485
> Coal IGCC with Carbon Capture & Storage (IGCC with CCS):           17.317
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> Busbar means the price of the power leaving the plant. All capital,
> fuel, and operating costs are taken into account in busbar costs.
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> The spreadsheet containing these costs can be found at:http://www.ethree.com/cpuc_ghg_model.html
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> Select GHG Calculator v2b (ZIP 5.7 MB)
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> This gives you an Excel spreadsheet in compressed format which should
> automatically uncompress after you download it.
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> On this spreadsheet, look for the tab on the bottom of the page that
> says "Gen Cost"
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> This opens a spreadsheet. Now look for "All-in Levelized Busbar Cost
> California." The results are in $/MWh but that's easy to convert to
> cents per kwh. For example, $85.52 per MWh is the same as 8.552 centrs per kwh
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> ---
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> Mike Ewall
> Energy Justice Network
> 215-743-4884catalyst at actionpa.orghttp://www.energyjustice.net
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