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If the vertical bar is below thecrude oil price (horizontal line),it’s more economic to use an alternative technology andexport the oil.
Should a Mideast producer export oil or burn it for power?
Should a Mideast country use natural gas or alternative technologies for power generation?
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If the vertical bar is below the gas price (horizontal line), it’s more economic to use the alternative technology.
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Mideast: GasBreak-Even Prices
Solar power is a viable challengerto oil and gas in the Mideast...
Japan is the most expensive placein the world to produce electricity
US gas-fired poweris the cheapestof all electricitygeneratingtechnologies
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Overview:RegionalNewbuildPower Generation Costs
Dvlpg.($/MWh) Europe Japan Asia MideastGas CCGT 92.4 135.5 108.8 113.8
Large Hydro 65.7 64.7 163.1 41.0 102.5
Wind Onshore 74.8 87.5 134.2 67.9 76.6
Coal 75.6 89.1 99.9 59.5 72.4
Geothermal 78.2 78.2 82.7 68.7 74.4
Gas OCGT 94.0 159.8 221.0 182.4 191.0
Nuclear 98.1 98.1 88.3 59.1 80.6
Large Solar PV 138.3 177.5 318.1 120.0 122.6
Coal with CCS 147.0 159.0 179.3 118.7 135.8
Biomass 149.0 149.0 147.5 117.1 136.6
Wind Offshore 177.7 176.8 182.8 157.3 141.2
Solar CSP 222.6 226.9 NA 171.0 185.3
Wave-Tidal 288.3 288.3 276.1 294.2 285.1
Dvlpg. Asia = developing Asia, mostly China and India
Regional NewbuildPower Generation Costs ($/MWh):
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Wind Onshore 74.8 87.5 134.2 67.9 76.6
Gas OCGT 94.0 159.8 221.0 182.4 191.0
Large Solar PV
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Onshore wind is now cheaperthan coal and gas in Europe...
...but coal remains a champion in some Asian countries
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Developing Asia: Coal Break-Even Prices
If the vertical bar is below the coal price(horizontal line), it's more economic
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Should some Asian countries use coal or alternative technologiesfor power generation?
In an exclusive new data set, EI New Energy develops its proprietary cost of energy datainto regional sets covering the Mideast, Asia, the US and Western Europe, and calculatesthe break-even points for oil, gas and coal.
Uploaded weekly, the data measures both the investment cost of installing power capacity, in dollars per kilowatt, and the lifetime cost of generating electricity, in dollars per megawatt hour.
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Should the Mideast use itsoil and gas more efficiently,
or should it deploy solar powerat home, and export more
to market?
How do the economics stack up?
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Regional Large Solar PV PowerGeneration Costs ($/MWh)
Dvlpg.Europe Japan Asia Mideast
138.3 177.5 318.1 120.0 122.6US