Steam-electric plant construction cost and annual production expenses 1977

Technical Report · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:5913335

The 1977 supplement contains data for 632 conventional fossil-fueled steam-electric plants in the contiguous United States, four in Hawaii, one in Alaska, and four in Puerto Rico. In addition, data on 47 nuclear-fueled steam-electric plants are reported. Nine new fossil-fueled plants are reported for the first time. The 637 plants located in the United States account for 96% of the capacity and 97% of the generation of utility-owned, fossil-fueled steam-electric plants in the United States. At mid-1978, 255 new fossil-fueled units 300 MW and larger and totaling 147,713 MW were in preliminary test, under construction, or scheduled to start construction, for service between 1978 and 1987. Projected nuclear capacity as of the first half of 1978, for service during the period 1978 through 1987, was 116,177 MW in 109 units. Currently installed fossil-fueled and nuclear-fueled steam-electric capacity is 435,581 MW. Table 4 shows the annual retirements of steam-electric generating capacity for the years 1953 to 1977, inclusive. It also shows the portion of total retirements that involve plants included in this series of reports for the same period.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Energy Information Administration
• OSTI ID: 5913335
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0033/3(77)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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