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Title: Value siting

Abstract

Finding an appropriate site is becoming an increasing challenge in building new power projects. One of the first orders of business in project development is identifying a site that offers the maximum spread between the cost of fuel and net power price. The collection of sites that exhibit an adequate spread - presenting a first-order, acceptable economic expectation - must now be subjected to an ever increasing number of political, societal, technical, and economic exclusion screens. The barriers can include cooling water constraints, community resistance, visual incompatibility, archaeological concerns and endangered species preservation issues. Most power siting difficulties can be substantially mitigated by gaining access to developed, but under-used sites, whose current owners are bound by circumstances - political or financial - that prevent them from using such locations. There are two such categories of sites: Utilities that have sites on which depreciated power production assets rest; and, The federal government, with numerous sites throughout the country, particularly military bases subject to closure under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) proceedings. It is in the interests of developers, as well as consumers, investors and taxpayers, ti undertake a thorough examination of these overlooked pearls of opportunities and develop their potential.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. PRA Management Consultants, Atlanta, GA (United States)
  2. Redland Energy Group, Arlington, VA (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
160203
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Independent Energy
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 25; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; COMMERCIALIZATION; POWER PLANTS; SITE SELECTION; BUSINESS; DEVELOPERS

Citation Formats

Ferrar, T A, and Howes, J A. Value siting. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Ferrar, T A, & Howes, J A. Value siting. United States.
Ferrar, T A, and Howes, J A. 1995. "Value siting". United States.
@article{osti_160203,
title = {Value siting},
author = {Ferrar, T A and Howes, J A},
abstractNote = {Finding an appropriate site is becoming an increasing challenge in building new power projects. One of the first orders of business in project development is identifying a site that offers the maximum spread between the cost of fuel and net power price. The collection of sites that exhibit an adequate spread - presenting a first-order, acceptable economic expectation - must now be subjected to an ever increasing number of political, societal, technical, and economic exclusion screens. The barriers can include cooling water constraints, community resistance, visual incompatibility, archaeological concerns and endangered species preservation issues. Most power siting difficulties can be substantially mitigated by gaining access to developed, but under-used sites, whose current owners are bound by circumstances - political or financial - that prevent them from using such locations. There are two such categories of sites: Utilities that have sites on which depreciated power production assets rest; and, The federal government, with numerous sites throughout the country, particularly military bases subject to closure under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) proceedings. It is in the interests of developers, as well as consumers, investors and taxpayers, ti undertake a thorough examination of these overlooked pearls of opportunities and develop their potential.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/160203}, journal = {Independent Energy},
number = 2,
volume = 25,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1995}
}