A solar thermal power plant has the highest base overnight costs of any electricity generating station in the United States. For one kilowatt capacity, construction of new solar thermal plants cost 7,116 U.S. dollars as of 2020. Overnight costs refer to the cost of constructing the power plant if no interest rates were incurred during the construction process.
Base overnight costs of new electricity generating stations in the United States in 2020, by major technology
(in U.S. dollars per kilowatt)
* 2020 prices.
** For geothermal power plants costs are based on least expensive option for a plant in the Great Basin region. For hydropower plants costs are based on least expensive option in the Northwest region. Each represent the locations of most current and proposed sites. For solar collectors costs are expressed in net AC power available for installed capacity.
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EIA. (February 28, 2021). Base overnight costs of new electricity generating stations in the United States in 2020, by major technology (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/519118/power-plant-base-overnight-costs-in-the-us-by-technology/
EIA. "Base overnight costs of new electricity generating stations in the United States in 2020, by major technology (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt)." Chart. February 28, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 30, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/519118/power-plant-base-overnight-costs-in-the-us-by-technology/
EIA. (2021). Base overnight costs of new electricity generating stations in the United States in 2020, by major technology (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 30, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/519118/power-plant-base-overnight-costs-in-the-us-by-technology/
EIA. "Base Overnight Costs of New Electricity Generating Stations in The United States in 2020, by Major Technology (in U.S. Dollars per Kilowatt)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/519118/power-plant-base-overnight-costs-in-the-us-by-technology/
EIA, Base overnight costs of new electricity generating stations in the United States in 2020, by major technology (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/519118/power-plant-base-overnight-costs-in-the-us-by-technology/ (last visited November 30, 2021)
