Projected Costs of Generating Electricity

Projected Costs of Generating Electricity
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789264008267

The joint IEA/NEA study provides generation cost estimates for over a hundred power plants that use a variety of fuels and technologies. These include coal-fired, gas-fired, nuclear, hydro, solar and wind plants. Cost estimates are also given for combined heat and power plants that use coal, gas and combustible renewables. Data and information for this study were provided by experts from 19 OECD member countries and 3 non-member countries. The power plants examined in the study use technologies available today. The study shows that the competitiveness of alternative generation sources and technologies ultimately depends on many parameters: there is no clear-cut "winner". Major issues related to generation costs addressed in the report include: descriptions of state-of-the-art generation technologies; the methodologies for incorporating risk in cost assessments; the impact of carbon emission trading; and how to integrate wind power into the electricity grid.

Projected Costs of Generating Electricity

Projected Costs of Generating Electricity
Author: OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1998
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This is the fifth study in a series on the future costs of generating electricity. It reviews cost estimates for power plants using nuclear, coal, gas and renewable energy sources.

Nuclear Power

Nuclear Power
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1992-02-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309043956

The construction of nuclear power plants in the United States is stopping, as regulators, reactor manufacturers, and operators sort out a host of technical and institutional problems. This volume summarizes the status of nuclear power, analyzes the obstacles to resumption of construction of nuclear plants, and describes and evaluates the technological alternatives for safer, more economical reactors. Topics covered include: Institutional issues-including regulatory practices at the federal and state levels, the growing trends toward greater competition in the generation of electricity, and nuclear and nonnuclear generation options. Critical evaluation of advanced reactors-covering attributes such as cost, construction time, safety, development status, and fuel cycles. Finally, three alternative federal research and development programs are presented.

Nuclear Systems

Nuclear Systems
Author: Neil E. Todreas
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 802
Release: 1992-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781560320883

This edition builds on earlier traditions in providing broad subject-area coverage, application of theory to practical aspects of commercial nuclear power, and use of instructional objectives. Like the first edition, it focuses on what distinguishes nuclear engineering from the other engineering disciplines. However, this edition includes reorganization and overall update of descriptions of reactor designs and fuel-cycle steps, and more emphasis on reactor safety, especially related to technical and management lessons learned from the TMI-2 and Chernobyl - 4 accidents.

World Nuclear Power

World Nuclear Power
Author: Peter R Mounfield
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 478
Release: 2017-09-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351394029

Originally published in 1991, this comprehensive volume provides not only technical information regarding the global nuclear power industry, but also discusses the economic, social and political issues which have an impact on the industry. There are specific chapters on the nuclear industry in the USA and Canada, Western Europe, the former USSR and Eastern Europe and East Asia which examine in detail the particular set of geographical and economic conditions which affect each area. Including an extensive glossary, figures and tabulated information, this book remains one of the most accessible, impartial and thorough studies of the global nuclear industry.

Methods of Projecting Operations and Maintenance Costs for Nuclear Power Plants

Methods of Projecting Operations and Maintenance Costs for Nuclear Power Plants
Author: OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
Publisher: OECD
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1995
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

"This is the first NEA attempt at a comprehensive international comparison of different methodologies used to estimate operations and maintenance (O & M) costs which have increased for nuclear power plants in the last decade ..."--Back cover.