Regional requirements of capital, manpower, materials, and equipment for selected energy futures

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7095412

Gallagher, J M; Zimmermann, R G.J.

The analysis is concerned with the regional resource requirements associated with future energy development strategies. The regional distribution of resource impacts was calculated using the Energy Supply Planning Model. Requirements of capital, manpower, materials, equipment, land, and water are derived for the direct construction and operation of energy-related facilities. These requirements have been derived for four cases centering on the Reference Case ($13 price of imported oil) from the FEA ''1976 National Energy Outlook.'' Three sensitivity cases tested the impact of: a synthetic fuels program; continued price regulation of domestic oil and gas; and restrictions on coal and nuclear fuel development, as well as the above price regulations. Results of the analysis indicate that ten-year (1976-85) cumulative construction capital costs (in constant 1974 dollars, excluding owner's costs) are $507 billion for the reference case. These costs increase by $9 billion with a synthetic fuels program and decrease by $67 billion for the case with price regulations and other restrictions on energy development. In general, the declining capital requirements calculated for the latter case reflect shifts from energy strategies emphasizing utilization of domestic oil, gas, coal, and nuclear resources toward strategies emphasizing utilization of foreign resources. The latter are characterized by lower domestic requirements for capital investment but higher costs of imported fuel purchases (not reflected in the above comparisons).

• Research Organization: Bechtel Corp., San Francisco, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7095412
• Report Number(s): PAE/3794-5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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