Investment cost per annum: 135.1 million US$ Operations cost per annum: 89.7 million US$ Total cost per annum: 224.8 million US$ Total cost per kWh of nuclear output: 1.1 ct Handicap (over 8ct base cost/kWh): 13.7% Table 13 Costs of gap matching with replacement energy technologies – In the summary below, it becomes evident that the handicaps evaluated from this methodology are remarkably similar to the ones obtained using methodology 1. Wind would based on Denmark West data, receive a handicap of 71.2% (vs. 70.5% in method – 1), nuclear a handicap of 23.6% (vs. 19.8 from method 1) Type of Total Oversupply Oversupply Largest Cost of Total fuel and consumption handicap supply supply gap EROI nameplate gap in % of Handicap capacity base technology cost Nuclear 9.9% 1.33 13.7% 23.6% 20’550 2’038 (~2.35 GWh GWh GW GWe) Wind DK 35.2% 3.5 36.0% 71.2% 20’550 7’243 West GWh GWh GW (~10 GWe) Wind 24.6% 38.1 32.0% 56.6% 251’630 62’102 Spain GWh GWh GW (~145 GWe) Table 14 Gap matching EROI handicaps – From the above application of method 2, despite the relative inaccuracy of a cost-based comparision, it becomes obvious that results deviate only slightly from those obtained in a strictly mathematical fashion in method 1.
Investment cost per annum: 135.1 million US$ Operations cost per annum: 89.7 million US$ Total cost per annum: 224.8 million US$ Total cost per kWh of nuclear output: 1.1 ct Handicap (over 8ct base cost/kWh): 13.7% Table 13 – Costs of gap matching with replacement energy technologies In the summary below, it becomes evident that the handicaps evaluated from this methodology are remarkably similar to the ones obtained using methodology 1. Wind would – based on Denmark West data, receive a handicap of 71.2% (vs. 70.5% in method 1), nuclear a handicap of 23.6% (vs. 19.8 from method 1) Type of fuel and nameplate capacity Total consumption Oversupply Oversupply handicap Largest supply gap Cost of supply gap in % of base technology cost Total EROI Handicap Nuclear (~2.35 GWe) 20’550 GWh 2’038 GWh 9.9% 1.33 GW 13.7% 23.6% Wind DK West (~10 GWe) 20’550 GWh 7’243 GWh 35.2% 3.5 GW 36.0% 71.2% Wind Spain (~145 GWe) 251’630 GWh 62’102 GWh 24.6% 38.1 GW 32.0% 56.6% Table 14 – Gap matching EROI handicaps From the above application of method 2, despite the relative inaccuracy of a cost-based comparision, it becomes obvious that results deviate only slightly from those obtained in a strictly mathematical fashion in method 1.
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