Showing posts with label cost. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cost. Show all posts

2015/01/21

Levelised Cost Of Energy


 Costs by generation type:




Wind vs Time


PV vs time



Coal and gas vs time


It seems that coal and gas are rising with time whilst renewable are falling.
From these figures it appears that wind is now generating at a cost similar to coal and gas without carbon capture and storage.

Data from World Energy Perspective  Cost of Energy Technologies
Published by World Energy Council in 2013

The only data on wind turbine build and running cost I have found is here
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/balloo_wood_wind_turbine