petroleum, natural gas, and electricity, projected trends in the real prices for these fuels were examined. The spread in the … energy possesses several important attributes in common with electricity (e.g., ease of maintenance and perceived security of … the next few decades, while electricity prices are projected to be more stable. Electricity prices will, however, remain …

market gas and electricity from a geopressured-geothermal resource. This model was developed using the present value … breakeven price for electricity is about $0.26/kWh using only the thermal energy from a Hulin-type resource. Assuming identical …

-486), provides an inflation-adjusted 1.5 cent per kilowatt-hour (kWh) federal tax credit for electricity produced from wind and …

economic assessment. In this review, only economic projections for base load electricity produced from HDR systems were … reassess economic projections for HDR-produced electricity. In Section 9, a generalized economic model for HDR …-produced electricity is presented to show the effects of resource grade, reservoir performance parameters, and other important factors on …

know whether it is better to own a project or to purchase geothermal electricity from another nonutility owner. California … customer-owned utilities say they do not need to generate more electricity to meet demand, but they do need to provide more … electricity from renewable resources to meet the requirements of the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard. …

event the power plant is unable to economically produce electricity due to depletion, scaling or other problems. Such an …

assess the levelized cost of electricity under four supply options: (1) public utility ownership of new geothermal capacity … California. Our analysis is not intended to provide precise estimates of the levelized cost of electricity from wind projects and … on a comparison of the levelized cost of electricity. Thus, in addition to quantitative analysis, we also include a …

and discuss what are arguably the two most important types of state policies for supporting electricity generation from … utilities and other retail electricity suppliers to produce or purchase a minimum quantity or percentage of their generation …), covering almost 80% of retail electricity sales in the region. Although many of these state policies have only recently been …

approximately half of all electricity demand in the western United States. Our purpose is twofold: (1) to highlight the growing …

A generalized economic model was developed to predict the breakeven price of HDR generated electricity. Important … year), predictions for HDR-produced electricity result in competitive breakeven prices in the range of 5 to 9 cents/kWh for …