Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2003
Table 19. Capital Cost and Performance
Parameters of Selected Commercial
Distributed
Generation Technologies
| Technology Type |
Year of Introduction |
Average |
Electrical Efficiency |
Combined |
Installed Capital Cost ($1999 per kW of Capacity) |
Service Life (Years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Photovoltaic |
2000 2005 |
10 10 |
0.14 0.16 |
N/A N/A |
$7,870 $6,700 |
30 30 |
| 2010 2015 2020 |
10 10 10 |
0.18 0.20 0.22 |
N/A N/A N/A |
$5,529 $4,158 $3,178 |
30 30 30 |
|
| Fuel Cell |
2000 |
200 |
0.36 |
0.73 |
$3,674 |
20 |
|
|
2002 |
200 |
0.38 |
0.73 |
$3,282 |
20 |
|
|
2006 2010 2015 2020 |
200 200 200 200 |
0.40 0.43 0.47 0.50 |
0.73 0.74 0.74 0.74 |
$2,834 $2,329 $1,713 $1,433 |
20 20 20 20 |
| Natural Gas Engine
|
2000 2002 2006 2010 2015 2020 |
200 200 200 200 200 200 |
0.28 0.29 0.29 0.30 0.30 0.31 |
0.75 0.76 0.77 0.78 0.79 0.80 |
$1,390 $1,320 $1,240 $1,150 $1,040 $ 990 |
20 20 20 20 20 20 |
| Oil-Fired Engine |
2000 2002 2006 2010 2015 2020 |
200 200 200 200 200 200 |
0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31 |
0.83 0.83 0.82 0.82 0.81 0.81 |
$1,390 $1,320 $1.240 $1,150 $1,040 $ 990 |
20 20 20 20 20 20 |
|
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| Natural Gas Turbine
|
2000 2002 2006 2010 2015 2020 |
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 |
0.22 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.27 0.28 |
0.72 0.72 0.72 0.73 0.73 0.73 |
$1,600 $1,555 $1,503 $1,444 $1,373 $1,340 |
20 20 20 20 20 20 |
| Natural Gas Micro |
2000 2002 2006 2010 2015 2020 |
100 100 100 100 100 100 |
0.26 0.27 0.29 0.31 0.34 0.36 |
0.59 0.60 0.61 0.62 0.64 0.65 |
$1,970 $1,785 $1,574 $1,337 $1.047 $ 915 |
20 20 20 20 20 20 |
| Sources: US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and Electric Power Research Institute, Renewable Energy Technology Characterizations, EPRI-TR-109496, (Washington DC, December 1997), and ONSITE SYCOM Energy Corporation, The Market and Technical Potential for Combined Heat and Power in the Commercial/Institutional Sector, (Washington, DC, January 2000). | ||||||