The National Energy
Modeling System: An Overview 2003
2002 Overnight Capital Costs (including Contingencies), 2002 Heat Rates,
and Online Year by
Technology for the AEO2003 Reference Case
| Technology |
Capital Costs1/ |
2002 Heat |
Online |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Combustion Turbine |
460 |
8,550 |
2004 |
| Conventional Combustion Turbine |
409 |
10,450 |
2004 |
| Advanced Gas/Oil Combined Cycle |
608 |
7,000 |
2005 |
| Conventional Gas/Oil Combined Cycle |
536 |
7,500 |
2005 |
| Scrubbed Coal New |
1,154 |
9,000 |
2006 |
| Integrated Gas Combined Cycle |
1,367 |
8,000 |
2006 |
| Fuel Cells |
2,137 |
7,500 |
2005 |
| Advanced Nuclear |
2,117 |
10,400 |
2007 |
| Biomass |
1,763 |
8,911 |
2006 |
| Solar Thermal |
2,594 |
10,280 |
2005 |
| Solar Photovoltaic |
3,915 |
10,280 |
2004 |
| Wind |
1,003 |
10,280 |
2005 |
| 1/Overnight capital cost include
contingency factors, and exclude regional multipliers and learning effects.
Interest charges are also excluded. These represent costs of new projects
initiated in 2002. 2/Online year represents the first year that a new unit could be completed, given an order date of 2002. |
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