Cost and Performance Baseline for Fossil Energy Plants Volume 1: Bituminous Coal and Natural Gas to Electricity

Technical Report · Fri Oct 14 04:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1893822· OSTI ID:1893822

Schmitt, Tommy ^[1]; Leptinsky, Sarah ^[1]; Turner, Marc ^[1]; Zoelle, Alexander ^[1]; White, Charles W. ^[1]; Hughes, Sydney ^[1]; Homsy, Sally ^[1]; Woods, Mark ^[1]; Hoffman, Hannah ^[1]; Shultz, Travis ^[1]; James III, Robert E. ^[1]

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1. National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

This revised 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 and development perspective, this report is used to assess goals and metrics and to provide a consistent basis for comparing developing technologies.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
• OSTI ID: 1893822
• Report Number(s): DOE/NETL-2023/4320
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
03 NATURAL GAS
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY