I'm working from currently published figures. $2 million for a 1 MW
thermal plant and $500 k for the hot fluid to steam generator to steam
turbine to Ac generator plus control systems, valves, pumps, waste heat
radiators, etc.
My projection is based on what I believe may be achievable in the next
12 months and showing why a min COP of 20 is needed for a thermal MW
class LENR plant with a capex of $1.50 / thermal watt to achieve a LCOE
of around $0.02 / Ac kWh. As you should well know, in the end it is all
about ROI. A LENR plant will need to show a superior ROI and
significantly lower LCOE than any other Ac kWh generation technology or
no one will take a change on it and it will be business as usual.
AG
On 11/30/2011 2:14 PM, Mary Yugo wrote:
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Aussie Guy E-Cat
<aussieguy.e...@gmail.com <mailto:aussieguy.e...@gmail.com>> wrote:
4) Total plant cost (thermal and electrical) of $2,500,000 for a 1
MW thermal plant that produces 183 Ac kW after internal usage / losses
Playing the game for a moment, why does the thing have to cost $2.5M?
Does it really look to you as if it has millions of dollars of
materials and fabrication in it? If this thing is real, I bet it can
be made for much less in the megawatt size or for the same price but
then it would be a much larger, more powerful device. Just because
Rossi says it's limited to some 10 kW or less per core doesn't mean
it's so indefinitely.
But of course, all of this hand wringing about costs is very
premature. It's a bit like worrying what to feed invisible unicorns.
