Power Plants : Characteristics and Costs.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Construction industry.

Electric power-plants.

Environmental law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (108 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Explains methods of generating energy; and examines factors that determine cost of electricity from new power plants, including construction costs, fuel expense, environmental regulations, and financing costs. Provides projections of possible cost of power from new fossil, nuclear, and renewable plants built in 2015; illustrating how different assumptions, such as availability of Federal incentives, change cost rankings of technologies. Includes tables and graphs.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Power Plants

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.