Gas turbine electric plant construction cost and annual production expenses. Fifth annual supplement, 1977

Technical Report · Mon Jun 25 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:6107877

A total of 520 gas turbine electric plants owned and operated by electric utilities produced 28,849 million kWh during 1977, up from the net 1976 production of 23,580 million kWh. The installed capacity of these gas turbine electric plants at the end of 1977 was 47,935 megawatts, up 2.9% from the 46,576 megawatts in 1976. The total installed capacity of the 355 gas turbine electric plants included in this report was 38,585 megawatts at the end of 1977, and their net generation for that year totaled 20,917 million kWh. These plants account for approximately 80.5% of the total installed gas turbine electric plant capacity and 72.5% of the net gas turbine generation in 1977. The 1977 weighted average annual production expenses, including fuel, for the plants included in this report were 37.38 mills per kWh. Of this total, 30.76 mills were fuel costs. The weighted average cost of fuel burned in the 355 plants listed in this report was 218.91 cents per million Btu, but these costs were subject to wide variations. Distillate oil cost increased 14.5% in 1977 from the preceding year, increasing from 235.5 cents pr million Btu at the end of 1976 to 269.7 cents per million Btu at the end of December 1977.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA). Energy Information Administration
• OSTI ID: 6107877
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0180(77)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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