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Those numbers don't seem feasible. Near as I can tell, a steam generator with a magical source of never-ending heat would cost $15/MWh. There is no way a high-t
by megaman821 3y ago
Those numbers don't seem feasible. Near as I can tell, a steam generator with a magical source of never-ending heat would cost $15/MWh. There is no way a high-tech facility and the personnel required to run it are costing $10/MWh.
- notfish 3y agoWhat’s your math on $15/MWh? As far as I can tell, the steam turbine is a pretty insignificant part of the price of coal energy generation
- wolfram74 3y ago$15/MWh is 1.5 ¢/KWh, right? that's pretty darn cheap and means that the other 10~20 cents would be transmission and fuel, yes?
- repiret 3y ago20 cents? I pay 13/kWh.
- Turskarama 3y agoYou're within the stated range, do you think you have the most expensive electricity in the world? 25c/kwh isn't unreasonable. Ireland pays 52c/kwh. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263492/electricity-prices-in-selected-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/263492/electricity-price...
- tuatoru 3y agoAre you allowing for cooling towers, water treatment, pipework, and so on? Also the grid connection hardware, spare turbines, cooling pumps, etc., and O&M costs?
- deepnotderp 3y agoThere are three routes to bypass this issue: 1. Move to supercritical Co2 turbines (lower mass —> lower cost), need RnD on corrosion resistant alloys 2. Move to thermoelectric or photovoltaic generators 3. Use aneutronic fusion Directly use the charged particles
- tuatoru 3y ago1. would have been done already if there were such alloys. 2. photovoltaic generators seem popular, but the don't require spending money on a fusion core. 3. The problem is hard, so let's replace it with a harder one?