Table 6: The impact of economic lifetime on electricity generation costs.

Change in economic lifetime (years)

Electricity generation cost (euros/MWh)

Nuclear power plant

Coal-fired condensing power plant

Combined cycle gas turbine plant

Peat-fired condensing power plant

- 10

23.79

27.02

28.14

37.21

- 5

22.92

25.38

26.99

33.22

0

22.31

24.43

26.33

31.27

+ 5

21.87

23.83

25.90

30.15

+ 10

21.55

23.43

25.62

29.44


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