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Cost and Performance Baseline for Fossil Energy Plants Volume 1: Bituminous Coal and Natural Gas to Electricity |
| << Return | NETL-PUB-22638 |
| Date: | 9/24/2019 |
| Type: | Technical Report Series |
| Status: | Active |
| NETL Contact: | Robert E. James, III |
| Analysis Focus Area(s): | Coal Combustion Power Plants; Coal Gasification Power Plants; NG-based Power Plants |
| Author(s): | Robert E. James, III (NETL); Dale Keairns (Deloitte); Marc Turner (Leidos, Inc.); Mark Woods (KeyLogic Systems, LLC); Norma Kuehn (Leidos, Inc.); Alex Zoelle (Leidos, Inc.); |
| Citation Information: | James, R., Zoelle, A., Keairns, D., Turner, M., Woods, M., Kuehn, N. (2019). Cost and Performance Baseline for Fossil Energy Plants Volume 1: Bituminous Coal and Natural Gas to Electricity (NETL-PUB-22638). Morgantown, WV: National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2172/1569246 |
Product Description
This report presents an independent assessment of the cost and performance of select fossil energy power systems - integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), pulverized coal (PC), and natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) plants - using a systematic, transparent technical and economic approach. The cost and performance of fossil fuel-based generation technologies represented in this report (and the series at large) are important inputs to assessments and determinations of technology combinations to be utilized to meet the projected demands of future power markets. In addition to informing technology comparisons, the reference plant configurations found in this report provide perspective for regulators and policy makers. From a research & development perspective, this report is used to assess goals and metrics and to provide a consistent basis for comparing developing technologies.