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See the attached link below for a survey of the economics of nuclear power
Coal comes in many types - for many uses. Thermal Coal: Primary for Power Generation - can be as affordable as $13.25 per ton Metallurgical Coal: Primary for Manufacturing Cost as much as $300+ per ton Difference: Based in the energy content measured in BTU's - British Thermal Units Low: 8,400 Btu's per Pound High: 15,000 Btu's per Pound Most often thermal coal cost less than Rail Road rates to carry the coal to power plants / other facilities
The cost of coal is very high. Truly, it is at the rate of $15.22 per metric ton.
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This is not really possible to estimate as unlike coal, hydroelectric, and nuclear power plants which are single large facilities, wind and solar power facilities are incremental distributed facilities involving many separate small units distributed over a large area that can be built slowly over many years and brought on line individually producing usable power as soon as each such tiny unit is finished.
A pithead is a power plant that is located in coal min e itself and thus reduces operating cost as transportation cost of carrying coal to power plant is reduced.
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Depends entirely on the cost of the available energy source and the invested cost in the power plant. Most of our domestic energy in US is produced by Coal. Regulations to make coal more environmentally clean will drive up the cost.
A conventional plant costs about $780 million to build, according to Bechtel...a comparable coal-gas plant would cost about $975 million. source: http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/18/news/economy/coal/
Coal is used when a company wants to produce a huge amount of heat energy for the lowest cost, such as for an electrical power plant. Coal is considerably cheaper than oil or gas.
yes a coal is nature nuclear uses lots of power Process for production of power from coal is very inefficient , More over it produces lot of carbon dioxide in to atmosphere (harmful green house gas). While Process for production of power from Nuclear plant is very good when compared with coal power. But initial and maintenance cost is very high. Unit cost for coal power is more economical than nuclear power. So economically coal power station is better. But on the basis of efficiency Nuclear power stations are good. When the deaths caused by the two types of mining are considered, coal fired systems have a much higher overall death rate. But the coal mining industry is improving this.
Generating Energy through Coal i.e, Thermal Energy is costlier as comparer t Hydro energy generation.BUt the Installation cost in case of Hydro Power Plant is much higher than the thermal Pwr Plant
The average annual costs are $150,000,000 (150 million). This includes everything from fuel to waste disposal
hydro power plant
The amount of fuel used to generate electricity depends on the efficiency or heat rate of the generator and the heat content of the fuel. Power plant efficiencies vary by types of generators, emission controls, and other factors. A coal power plant uses approximately 1.09 pounds of coal per KW.
nuclear power plant
The cost of 1 MW power generation is Rs. 5.0 crores in thermal power plant.