Based on the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) which forms the basis for the calculation of 2007 Annual Energy Outlook, the estimated capital cost of constructing a power generating plant per type of technology is as follow. This is assuming that the order was placed in 2006;
For almost a long time, US$ 1.0 Million was adopted as a good “rule of thumb” or the approximate US dollar per MW of investment in constructing a new power plant. However, due to the surging price of raw materials and inflation rate, the cost of building a plant also increased. Read the entire entry …
While studying the technical, financial, and operational aspects of a pump storage hydro plant, I came across to the Dinorwig power station which was mentioned in the text book that I was reading. Read the entire entry …
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