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AgricultureNatural Resource EconomicsResource EconomicsEnergy EconomicsEnergy ManagementEnergy SystemsCoal EconomicsEnergy AccountingEnergy Efficiency RequirementsEnergy StorageEnergy UseEnvironmental Cost-benefit AnalysisCoal Project AppraisalEnergy BenchmarkingEnergy System Cost-benefit AnalysisNatural GasPerformance Baseline AnalysisPerformance Baseline EstablishmentPerformance-based Baseline SettingResource Extraction Costs
Baseline Presents cost and performance estimates of near-term commercial offerings for coal-and natural gas-fired power plants, both with and without current technology for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS)-Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) (7 cases, 4 with and 3 without capture) -Pulverized coal (PC) (4 cases, 2 with and 2 without capture) -Natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) (2 cases, with and without capture) Consistent and transparent design basis and analysis methodology Results represent an independent assessment of the power systems considered Significant vendor input for performance and capital cost estimates Black & Veatch "bottom up" approach to developing capital and operation and maintenance (O&M) estimates