Yes, it is a state. A unique state. You do hear about Rhode Island in the news, any time there's a mafia arrest, or large-scale world disaster, like a fire out West, which will invariably be mentioned in terms of number of Rhode Islands affected.
Existing types of fossil plants have a capital cost about $1-2 Billion/GW and new nuclear plants are estimated to cost about $2-5 Billion/GW, depending on the laws of the country in which the plant is built.his translates into an average of about $25,000 per Megawatt-hour and $25 Million per Gigawatt-hour. A storage plant that needs to store 26 Gigawatt-hours (just 1 day's power supply) would thus cost about 650 Million dollars to build (estimated range from $260 Million to $1.1 Billion dollars).
As a consequence of the emission trading the total electricity generation costs will grow to 59,2 â¬/MWh for gas-based electricity, to 64,4 â¬/MWh for coal-based electricity and to 65,5 â¬/MWh for peat-based electricity, whereas nuclear power generation costs remain at 35,0 â¬/MWh.he cost of nuclear power equals 35,0 â¬/MWh, which is the lowest of the alternatives studied. The cost of peat power is 43,6 â¬/MWh, that of coal power 45,7 â¬/MWh and that of gas power 51,2 â¬/MWh. Gas power is 16,2 â¬/MWh, coal power 10,7 â¬/MWh and peat power 8,6 â¬/MWh more expensive than nuclear power.