Table 11. Costs of industrial cogeneration systems, 1999 and 2020

System

Size (megawatts)

Installed cost
(1999 dollars per kilowatt)

Operating and maintenance costs (1999 cents per kilowatthour)

1999

2020

1999

2020

Engine

0.8

975

690

1.07

0.90

 

   3

850

710

1.03

0.90

Gas turbine

   1

1,600

1,340

0.96

0.80

 

   5

1,075

950

0.59

0.49

 

10

965

830

0.55

0.46

 

25

770

675

0.49

0.43

 

40

700

625

0.42

0.40

Combined cycle

100

690

620

0.36

0.30

Source: ONSITE SYCOM Energy Corporation, The Market and Technical Potential for Combined Heat and Power in the Industrial Sector (Washington, DC, January 2000).

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