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52 Michael Liebreich BNEF Summit, New York, 5 April 2016 @MLiebreich
Picture: Bloomberg
ENERGY MIRACLE
Within the next 15 years I
expect the world will discover
a clean energy breakthrough
that will save our planet and
power our world.
Bill Gates
February 2016
53 Michael Liebreich BNEF Summit, New York, 5 April 2016 @MLiebreich
Baseload power price
Cost of nuclear
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120
2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
HINKLEY C PROJECTED POWER COST (GBP/MWH)
Image: EDF; Source: ECIU, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Mott MacDonald, E.On, EDF, Centrica, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Baseload power price
Cost of nuclear
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
+126%
Hinkley
Point C
CfD
54 Michael Liebreich BNEF Summit, New York, 5 April 2016 @MLiebreich
NEXT GENERATION NUCLEAR FISSION
TerraPower
TWR
Babcock & Wilcox
mPower
Terrestrial
Energy IMSR80
General Atomics
EM2 Note: Not an exhaustive list – excludes Gen IV startups such as Transatomic, Flibe and Upower, and all non-US efforts
Westinghouse
SMR
Nuscale
SMR Pictures: company websites
Holtec
SMR-160
55 Michael Liebreich BNEF Summit, New York, 5 April 2016 @MLiebreich
Image: Joint European Torus
NUCLEAR FUSION
56 Michael Liebreich BNEF Summit, New York, 5 April 2016 @MLiebreich
Source: General Fusion
ITER CADARACHE
Images: ITER collaborative; Source: various
Cost:
First Plasma:
2006
$6 bn
2019
2009
$12 bn
2019
2014
$21 bn
2020
2016
$25 bn?
2026
57 Michael Liebreich BNEF Summit, New York, 5 April 2016 @MLiebreich
Image: General Fusion
ENERGY MIRACLE – GENERAL FUSION?
58 Michael Liebreich BNEF Summit, New York, 5 April 2016 @MLiebreich
Image: Max Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik
ENERGY MIRACLE – WENDELSTEIN STELLERATOR?