> Around here the retail rate I pay on my power bill is something like 12 cents per kWh which is $120/MWh. A cargo ship does not retail its load. You would sti

> Around here the retail rate I pay on my power bill is something like 12 cents per kWh which is $120/MWh. A cargo ship does not retail its load. You would still need a transport and a distribution network behind it, as well as a production plant somewhere across the world. With $100 worth of power at the ship terminal, you could very well pay another $50-60 of transport cost and maybe $30-40 in taxes.