|
Plant type
|
Levelised capital costs: over 20 yrs ($/MWh)
|
O&M costs (variable and fixed) ($/MWh)
|
Total fuel price ($/MWh)*
|
Total cost† ($/MWh) (CO2 = $5)
|
Rank 1 (CO2 = $0)
|
Rank 2 (CO2 = $5)
|
Rank 3‡ (CO2 = $10)
|
|---|
|
Wind (50MW)
|
19
|
10
|
-
|
29
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
Coal (400 MW)
|
9
|
7
|
11
|
34
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
|
Gas CC (400(MW)
|
4
|
4
|
27
|
37
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
|
Gas CT (80MW)
|
14
|
2
|
44
|
64
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
|
Solar (5MW)
|
77
|
3
|
-
|
80
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
- *Coal price = $1.21/million BTU (about $25/short ton), gas price = $4/million BTU; † includes CO2, SO2, NOx costs (see Table 2); ‡The costs for opertaing a coal unit and a CC are approximately equal at $10/ton CO2
-
Source: the table is reproduced from the Environmental Finance source cited in the main text
