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In 2019 the US EIA revised the levelized cost of electricity from new advanced nuclear power plants going online in 2023 to be $0.0775/kWh before government subsidies, using a regulated industry 4.3% cost of capital (WACC - pre-tax 6.6%) over a 30-year cost recovery period. [80]
26 maj 2015 · Among the three options shown, nuclear power is right in the middle, with total costs in 2012 of about $96 per megawatt hour (MWh), most of which involves capital construction costs. On the high end is solar power at $130 per MWh, and gas at the low end at $64 per MWh.
9 gru 2020 · Electricity from new nuclear power plants has lower expected costs in the 2020 edition than in 2015. Again, regional differences are considerable. However, on average, overnight construction costs reflect cost reductions due to learning from first-of-a-kind (FOAK) projects in several OECD countries.
© 2021 Nuclear Energy Institute Inc. | November 2021 Nuclear Costs in Context 2 In 2020, the average total generating cost for nuclear energy was $29.37 per megawatt-hour (MWh). The 2020 total generating costs were not only 4.6 percent lower than in 2019 but also were 35 percent below 2012 costs, surpassing the nuclear industry’s
It is the total cost to build and operate a power plant over its lifetime divided by the total electricity output dispatched from the plant over that period, hence typically cost per megawatt hour. It takes into account the financing costs of the capital component (not just the 'overnight' cost).
This paper describes the cost trends and drivers for generating electricity using nuclear energy—capital, operations and fuel costs—and the value of the industry's carbon-free electricity in context.
These projections are based on a compilation of historical and recent cost estimates for various advanced nuclear energy technologies as well as historical U.S. costs for nuclear plant construction.
