Cost and Performance Baseline for Fossil Energy Plants Volume 3: Low Rank Coal and Natural Gas to Electricity

Technical Report · Mon Mar 20 04:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1968040· OSTI ID:1968040

Turner, Marc ^[1]; Schmitt, Tommy ^[1]; Oakes, Matt ^[1]; Konrade, Jacob ^[1]; Bleckinger, Mark ^[1]; Sturdivan, Mike ^[1]; Hughes, Sydney ^[1]; Kuehn, Norma ^[1]; Leptinsky, Sarah ^[1]; McNaul, Shannon ^[1]; Homsy, Sally ^[1]; Mantripragada, Hari ^[1]; Woods, Mark ^[1]; Hoffman, Hannah ^[1]; Shultz, Travis ^[1]; James, III, Robert E. ^[1]

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

This report presents an independent assessment of the cost and performance of select fossil energy power systems—pulverized coal (PC), circulating fluidized bed (CFB), and natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) plants—using a systematic, transparent technical and economic approach. This is Volume 3 of a five-volume series, which comprise the following reports: Volume 1: Bituminous Coal and Natural Gas to Electricity; Volume 2: Coal to Synthetic Natural Gas and Ammonia (Various Coal Ranks); Volume 3: Low Rank Coal and Natural Gas to Electricity; Volume 4: Bituminous Coal to Liquid Fuels; and Volume 5: Natural Gas Electricity Generating Units for Flexible Operation. 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 and Carbon Management (FECM)
• DOE Contract Number: FE0025912
• OSTI ID: 1968040
• Report Number(s): DOE/NETL--2023/3852
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY