How much money would it cost the U.S to build a wind power plant?
October 26th, 2009 | by Michael |
B L asked:
Im doing a project for science. Im looking for a range prices or a good place I could look for more Information.
GONZALO
Im doing a project for science. Im looking for a range prices or a good place I could look for more Information.
GONZALO
3 Responses to “How much money would it cost the U.S to build a wind power plant?”
By wannabuildabikeguy on Oct 30, 2009 | Reply
I do not have a direct answer to your question. But here is a recent story you could use in your report. For years now, Germany was leading the world in wind power generation, the USA just took the lead!
By Nata T on Nov 1, 2009 | Reply
200 MW wind farm Fixed costs - $1.23M/MW
Total Capital Costs $246M + (10 x $350K) = $249.5M
Total Annual Energy Production 200 MW x 1000 x 365 x 24 x 0.33 = 578,160,000 kWh
Total Energy Production 578,160,000 x 20 = 11,563,200,000 kWh
Capital Costs/kWh
3.3¢/kWh
Operating Costs/kWh
1.6¢/kWh
For reference, here is the comparisons.
Wind – 4.9¢/kWh
Coal – 3.7¢/kWh
Nuclear - 2.5¢/kWh
Natural gas – 3.5¢/kWh @ $6/MMBtu
By thor on Nov 4, 2009 | Reply
I can build one for $10 or so, with some scavenged parts from a box fan. The large, multi-megawatt ones cost around 1-2 million per megawatt.