the great coal rush
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The Great Coal Rush. A Fossil Fools Day Presentation. In South Carolina & Beyond: A Fossil Fools Day Presentation. What a Coal Rush Looks Like: Development vs. Demand. SOURCE: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Tracking New Coal-Fired Plants. Demand vs. Capacity in the Southeast. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A Fossil Fools Day Presentation
The Great Coal Rush
In South Carolina & Beyond: A Fossil Fools Day Presentation
SOURCE: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Tracking New Coal-Fired Plants
What a Coal Rush Looks Like: Development vs. Demand
SOURCE: North American Electric Reliability Corporation
Demand vs. Capacity in the Southeast
S-C 2007
S-C 2008
R.W. Beck
Duke
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$/kW
hSupercritical Coal Plant Capital Costs
$1.25B
SOURCE: Post & Courier, Santee Cooper
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration
Average Weekly Coal Commodity Prices, 4/2005 – 2/2008
Potential CO2 Cost Associated w/ 600 MW SPC, 2012 - 2030
SOURCE: Synapse Energy Economics
23%
77%
$0.063 $0.275
Levelized Cost(s) of a Supercritical Coal Plant, (₵/kWh)
SOURCE: Ontario Ministry of Energy
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Wind @ 29% CF
IGCC w/o CCS
NGCC @ $6 gasBiomass
NuclearPulverized Coal w/o CCS
Energy Efficiency
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Carbon price ($/ton)
Levelized Cost of Electricity by Source
SOURCE: American Council for and Energy Efficiency Economy
SOURCE: GDS, Idaho National Laboratory, Navigant Consulting, Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute
South Carolina Renewable Energy Potential
• Leading state examples• Minnesota has saved over 2,300 MW since 1990• The Pacific Northwest has saved over 1,600 MW over a similar
timeframe• California has saved over 1,500 MW in the last 5 years
• South Carolina’s achievable, cost-effective potential
SOURCE: ACEEE
SOURCE: GDS, Forefront
Utility GWh MW % of sales
ECSC 4,007 980 20% by 2017
Duke 3,576 NA 16% by 2026
South Carolina Energy Efficiency Potential