Indirect capital costs of heating alternatives for northern cities

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5807736

Santini, D. J.

This paper estimates indirect capital costs which would result from the construction of alternative energy facilities designed to serve the same final heating demand. The comparison specifically focuses on heating services to the center cities of major northern US metropolitan areas. District heating is compared to high-Btu coal gasification and electricity. It is shown that significant differences in indirect public and private sector capital requirements result from differences in placement of capital stock. The district-heating system places a much higher proportion of its capital structure within the actual service area than do the two alternative technologies. The electric and coal-gasification technologies are more likely to be constructed in rural areas where new public and private (housing and business) capital investment must occur. However, in spite of extreme differences in these indirect costs, it is found that the relative magnitude of these costs are not great when compared to direct costs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5807736
• Report Number(s): CONF-791009-22
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASIFICATION
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HEATING SYSTEMS
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NORTH AMERICA
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SYNTHETIC FUELS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
URBAN AREAS
USA