Table 4: The impact of fuel costs on electricity generation costs.

Change in fuel costs

Electricity generation cost (euros/MWh)

Nuclear power plant

Coal-fired condensing power plant

Combined cycle gas turbine plant

Peat-fired condensing power plant

- 25%

21.60

21.87

21.36

27.40

0%

22.31

24.43

26.33

31.27

+ 25%

23.03

27.00

31.30

35.15

+ 50%

23.74

29.56

36.26

39.02


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