Sentences with phrase «percent capacity factor»

Her 38 percent capacity factor for wind is within the range used by researchers, but could be advanced by the newest turbine technologies and site selection methods.

Under EPA's model rule and proposed federal plan, NGCC units subject to the Clean Power Plan that exceed a 50 percent capacity factor on a net basis over the compliance period will receive allocations from this output - based set - aside for the portion of their generation that is above 50 percent.

EPA has capped the size of the output - based set - aside at the number of allowances that each state would be eligible for if all existing NGCC units were to increase generation to a 60 percent capacity factor compared to their 2012 baseline.

Any MWh generated at or above a 50 percent capacity factor over this entire multi-year period becomes eligible generation.

Gas - shift ERCs represent a credit, on a pro-rata basis, to all NGCCs for the incremental generation needed to get all units generating to a 75 percent capacity factor, versus the 2012 baseline.

Nuclear power plants in the US run around 90 percent of the time, so they have a 90 percent capacity factor.

She calculated a levelized cost of energy (LCOE) obtained from a PA Consulting assessment of project costs for «a combination of plants that have been developed across the U.S.,» a turbine life cycle of twenty years, and a variety of developers» expenses, including a $ 2,000 - per - kilowatt capital cost, O&M expenses, a 38 percent capacity factor and estimated returns.

The wind farm would produce approximately 2.5 billion kWh of electricity per year, assuming a generous 30 percent capacity factor.

The Ivanpah facility without storage, said Desmond, has a 32 percent capacity factor.

«A PV panel might have a 21 percent capacity factor,» Desmond went on.

For an owner - operator with seven wind farms, each composed of 15 1.5 - megawatt turbines operating at a 25 percent capacity factor, every one percent production increase represents 241,000 euros per year.

The best new offshore wind turbines, on the other hand, are already at a 50 percent capacity factor, and that may well rise to 60 percent and higher.

An onshore wind farm might only produce 25 percent of its full power averaged over a year — a 25 percent capacity factor.

At a natural gas price of about $ 8 per MMBtu, the LCOE of CSP and the combined cycle plants at 40 percent capacity factor are equal.»