Table 1: Projected levelised generation costs (US mills of 1.7.1996 per kWh).

At 5% discount rate

At 10% discount rate

Country

Coal

Gas

Nuclear

Coal

Gas

Nuclear

Canada

29.2

30.0

24.7

37.0

33.0

39.6

Finland

31.8

35.9

37.3

39.1

41.1

55.9

France

46.4

47.4

32.2

59.5

53.3

49.2

Japan

55.8

79.1

57.5

76.1

84.4

79.6

Korea

34.4

42.5

30.7

45.0

47.0

48.3

Spain

42.2

47.9

41.0

54.7

54.4

63.8

Turkey

39.8

30.7

32.8

48.7

33.9

51.8

United States

25.0

23.3

33.3

34.7

23.6

46.2

Brazil

35.4

28.5

33.1

43.2

32.7

46.7

China

31.8

n.a.

25.4

40.0

n.a.

39.0

India

33.0

n.a.

32.8

40.2

n.a.

51.0

Russia

46.3

35.4

26.9

55.3

39.0

46.5


             


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