ChemE Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
> 400 MW Natural Gas plant would cost $400M VS. $2.2b with much less > equipment and would generate CO2 to feed the trees. :) > On the other hand, over the life of a natural gas plant you have to pay for a lot of gas, whereas sunlight is free. $2.2 billion is a lot of money, but the cost should fall if the technology continues to be developed. It comes to $5.5 per gigawatt. That is cheaper than nuclear power. The Southern Company is now building two nuclear plants, for a total of 2 GW I think. The cost is $14 billion, $7 billion per GW: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704804204575069301926799046 That is despite the fact that nuclear power has been developed for 60 years. Plus nuclear uranium fuel does cost something, albeit less than coal or gas. - Jed
