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Electricity generating cost. Evaluation made in 1990 for plants to be ommissioned in 2000
| Author | G.Moynet, EdF |
| Date | June 1991 |
| Classification | 6.01.0.10/54 (COSTS) |
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GENERAL REPORT OF THE GROUP Electricity generating cost Evaluation made in 1990 for plant to be commissioned in 2000 by G. MOYNET Electricité de France PARIS (France) on behalf of the Group of experts on electricity generation costs (007 COST) (1) Abstract This paper gives the main results of the work carried out in 1990 for calculating the generating costs of base load electricity from nuclear power stations and fossil fuelled thermal power stations expected to be commissioned at the end of the century. The calculations were carried out by a method developed by this group, which is now in common use, and employ a maximum number of common assumptions, including scenarios for fuel prices, so as to obtain valid comparisons between countries. The main conclusions are as follows. Nuclear stations which are constructed in a well developed and adequate industrial scenario, are expected to be the most competitive compared with coal fired stations and natural gas fired combined cycle stations for base load generation. In countries where nuclear generation is not developing, the relative costs of coal and gas are largely dependent on the discount rate and fuel price scenario considered. Coal is more advantageous than gas in the high and medium scenarios, whatever the rate. In the low scenario, economic advantages of coal and gas are balanced in the case of a lower rate and in favour of gas at a higher rate. However, the low gas price scenario is likely to be considered only with a moderate overall development of gas fired combined cycle generation. Nevertheless, gas fired combined cycle plant is likely to be developed in countries where gas is expected to be available at relatively low prices, and. coal and nuclear ageneration costs are projected to be high.
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