Benefit-cost evaluation of the ERDA fossil energy combustion and advanced
Abstract
The implications of the investment of Federal funds in the ERDA/Fossil Energy Combustion and Advanced Power Development (CAPD) Program are assessed. Technologies considered in this study include five advanced systems under development in the CAPD Program and other baseline systems competing in the electric utility market for new base- and intermediate-load generating capacity. Life cycle busbar costs of electric power for each system are calculated, based upon estimated performance and cost characteristics. Market shares by region and year are estimated for the systems, and the benefits associated with the projected Federal investment are determined.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976STIN...7731425B
- Keywords:
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- Cost Analysis;
- Electric Power Plants;
- Energy Policy;
- Fossil Fuels;
- Fuel Combustion;
- Economic Analysis;
- Project Planning;
- Technology Utilization;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering