When to Cogenerate Electricitygreenspun.com : LUSENET : Deregulation / Restructuring Discussion: - Energy Utilities in the 21st Century : One Thread |
In the process of constructing our first facility we have discovered that we can make use of the thermal exhaust (without the boiler/radiator) as part of our process. Given that we may be constructing all over the world and have a power need of about 6MW... when is it economical to construct a cogen facility?When the cost per Kwh is .05 and greater and the cost per therm is less than .45 at the LDC... is the benchmark or form of the answer I would like to get. Please fill in the amounts or tell me what the matrix might look like... lets assume water is available and at a reasonable cost. We will operate it 6x24... and we have not accounted for standby charges, nor have we looked at islanded operations.
-- Karl Gee (allresources@aol.com), May 08, 2000