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2010 Cost of Wind Energy Review

Description: This document provides a detailed description of NREL's levelized cost of wind energy equation, assumptions and results in 2010, including historical cost trends and future projections for land-based and offshore utility-scale wind.
Date: April 1, 2012
Creator: Tegen, S.; Hand, M.; Maples, B.; Lantz, E.; Schwabe, P. & Smith, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Life Cycle Cost Assessment, Final Technical Report, 30 May 2012

Description: The Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Life Cycle Cost Assessment (OLCCA) is a study performed by members of the Lockheed Martin (LM) OTEC Team under funding from the Department of Energy (DOE), Award No. DE-EE0002663, dated 01/01/2010. OLCCA objectives are to estimate procurement, operations and maintenance, and overhaul costs for two types of OTEC plants: -Plants moored to the sea floor where the electricity produced by the OTEC plant is directly connected to the grid ashore via a marine … more
Date: June 30, 2012
Creator: Martel, Laura; Smith, Paul; Rizea, Steven; Van Ryzin, Joe; Morgan, Charles; Noland, Gary et al.
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Tracking the Sun: The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998-2007

Description: As installations of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have grown, so too has the desire to track the installed cost of these systems over time, by system characteristics, by system location, and by component. This report helps to fill this need by summarizing trends in the installed cost of grid-connected PV systems in the United States from 1998 through 2007. The report is based on an analysis of installed cost data from nearly 37,000 residential and non-residential PV systems, to… more
Date: February 11, 2009
Creator: Wiser, Ryan; Barbose, Galen & Peterman, Carla
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cost saving system trade-offs for mixed climates: Building America fact sheet

Description: The project shown in this fact sheet uses ''break points,'' where the cost of the energy-efficient features are balanced by the reductions of other construction costs. The goal of the Building America program is to produce energy efficient, environmentally sensitive, affordable, and adaptable residences on a community scale.
Date: May 11, 1999
Creator: Brandegee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Past and Future Cost of Wind Energy: Preprint

Description: The future of wind power will depend on the ability of the industry to continue to achieve cost reductions. To better understand the potential for cost reductions, this report provides a review of historical costs, evaluates near-term market trends, and summarizes the range of projected costs. It also notes potential sources of future cost reductions.
Date: August 1, 2012
Creator: Lantz, E.; Hand, M. & Wiser, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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EUVL reticle factory model and reticle cost analysis

Description: The key issues in reticle manufacturing are cost and delivery time, both of which are dependent upon the yield of the process line. To estimate the cost and delivery time for EUVL reticles in commercial manufacturing, we have developed the first model for an EUV reticle factory which includes all the tools required for a presumed EUVL reticle fabrication process. This model includes the building, support tools and sufficient ``in-line`` process tools for the manufacture of (more than) 2500 reti… more
Date: May 22, 1996
Creator: Hawryluk, A.M.; Shelden, G. & Troccolo, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Improved Magnetic Fusion Energy Economics via Massive Resistive Electromagnets

Description: Abandoning superconductors for magnetic fusion reactors and instead using resistive magnet designs based on cheap copper or aluminum conductor material operating at "room temperature" (300 K) can reduce the capital cost per unit fusion power and simplify plant operations. By increasing unit size well beyond that of present magnetic fusion energy conceptual designs using superconducting electromagnets, the recirculating power fraction needed to operate resistive electromagnets can be made as clo… more
Date: August 19, 1998
Creator: Woolley, R.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dual mode use requirements analysis for the institutional cluster.

Description: This paper analyzes what additional costs would be incurred in supporting dual-mode, i.e. both classified and unclassified use of the Institutional Computing (IC) hardware. The following five options are considered: periods processing in which a fraction of the system alternates in time between classified and unclassified modes, static split in which the system is constructed as a set of smaller clusters which remain in one mode or the other, re-configurable split in which the system is constru… more
Date: September 1, 2003
Creator: Leland, Robert W.
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Incorporating psychological influences in probabilistic cost analysis

Description: Today's typical probabilistic cost analysis assumes an ''ideal'' project that is devoid of the human and organizational considerations that heavily influence the success and cost of real-world projects. In the real world ''Money Allocated Is Money Spent'' (MAIMS principle); cost underruns are rarely available to protect against cost overruns while task overruns are passed on to the total project cost. Realistic cost estimates therefore require a modified probabilistic cost analysis that simulta… more
Date: January 8, 2004
Creator: Kujawski, Edouard; Alvaro, Mariana & Edwards, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technical support document for proposed 1994 revision of the MEC thermal envelope requirements

Description: This report documents the development of the proposed revision of the Council of American Building Officials` (CABO) 1994 supplement to the 1993 Model Energy Code (MEC) building thermal envelope requirements for maximum component U{sub 0}-value. The 1994 amendments to the 1993 MEC were established in last year`s code change cycle and did not change the envelope requirements. The research underlying the proposed MEC revision was conducted by Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) for the US Departme… more
Date: March 1, 1994
Creator: Conner, C. C. & Lucas, R. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen Storage Cost Analysis

Description: The overall objective of this project is to conduct cost analyses and estimate costs for on- and off-board hydrogen storage technologies under development by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on a consistent, independent basis. This can help guide DOE and stakeholders toward the most-promising research, development and commercialization pathways for hydrogen-fueled vehicles. A specific focus of the project is to estimate hydrogen storage system cost in high-volume production scenarios relativ… more
Date: March 11, 2013
Creator: Law, Karen; Rosenfeld, Jeffrey; Han, Vickie; Chan, Michael; Chiang, Helena & Leonard, Jon
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Cost estimate guidelines for advanced nuclear power technologies

Description: Several advanced power plant concepts are currently under development. These include the Modular High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors, the Advanced Liquid Metal Reactor and the Advanced Light Water Reactors. One measure of the attractiveness of a new concept is its cost. Invariably, the cost of a new type of power plant will be compared with other alternative forms of electrical generation. This report provides a common starting point, whereby the cost estimates for the various power plants to … more
Date: May 1, 1993
Creator: Delene, J. G. & Hudson, C. R., II
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report on inspection of Los Alamos National Laboratory`s system for controlling cost overruns on work-for-others projects

Description: The Office of Inspector General previously issued Report No. DOE/IG-0335, ``Report on Inspection of Selected Intelligence and Special Access Program Work-for-Others Projects``. In this report, the authors noted that Los Alamos National Laboratory had internal control weaknesses involving work-for-others projects. Because of these weaknesses and the Department`s continued interest in work-for-other Federal agencies, the authors initiated this inspection. this particular inspection reviewed Los A… more
Date: March 1, 1995
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Future for geopressured-geothermal resources

Description: The geopressured-geothermal production technologies for recompleting the Hulin Well and design and operation of surface facilities appear to be well in hand. A preliminary capital cost estimate indicates $4.45 million is required to recomplete and prepare the Hulin Well for production testing. The planned recompletion of the production well, surface facilities, and disposal well will have the capability to handle 24,000 barrels per day (bpd) of brine. If the reservoir can produce this design fl… more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Ramsthaler, J. & Plum, M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Implications of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Medical Technology: Background Paper 1: Methodological Issues and Literature Review

Description: A background paper for an assessment for the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that closely looks at methodology and cost-effectiveness in the health care industry.
Date: September 1980
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of the Production Cost for Various Grades of Biomass Thermal Treatment

Description: Process flow sheets were developed for the thermal treatment of southern pine wood chips at four temperatures (150, 180, 230, and 270 degrees C) and two different scales (20 and 100 ton/hour). The larger capacity processes had as their primary heat source hot gas assumed to be available in quantity from an adjacent biorefinery. Mass and energy balances for these flow sheets were developed using Aspen Plus process simulation software. The hot gas demands in the larger processes, up to 1.9 millio… more
Date: December 1, 2013
Creator: Cherry, Robert S; Wood, Rick A. & Westover, Tyler L
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The Development of a Series of Objective Examinations for Cost Accounting by Adolph Matz, Othel J. Curry, and George W. Frank

Description: In order that the task of student evaluation will be simplified, that the final evaluations will be more accurate, and that instructors and professors in the field of cost accounting will have more time available for research and study, the purpose of this study is to make available a series of valid and reliable objective examinations to instructors and professors who adopt Cost Accounting by Adolph Matz, Othel J. Curry, and George W. Prank as a textbook.
Date: January 1953
Creator: Taylor, Glen L.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Personal Display Wall

Description: The LBNL Visualization Group has created a tiled display wall design that uses components that are readily available from a local hardware store and/or multiple online vendors, and requires minimal tools and skill to assemble. The result is a low-cost, easy to assemble tiled display device that is readily accessible to visualization researchers and domain scientists alike. The LBNL Personal Display (PD) Wall differentiates itself from other LCD-matrix displays because its design minimizes cost … more
Date: January 1, 2004
Creator: Shalf, John; Bethel, E. Wes & Siegerist, Cristina
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Estimated Value of Service Reliability for Electric Utility Customers in the United States

Description: Information on the value of reliable electricity service can be used to assess the economic efficiency of investments in generation, transmission and distribution systems, to strategically target investments to customer segments that receive the most benefit from system improvements, and to numerically quantify the risk associated with different operating, planning and investment strategies. This paper summarizes research designed to provide estimates of the value of service reliability for ele… more
Date: June 1, 2009
Creator: Sullivan, M.J.; Mercurio, Matthew & Schellenberg, Josh
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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2011 Cost of Wind Energy Review

Description: This report describes the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for a typical land-based wind turbine installed in the United States in 2011, as well as the modeled LCOE for a fixed-bottom offshore wind turbine installed in the United States in 2011. Each of the four major components of the LCOE equation are explained in detail, such as installed capital cost, annual energy production, annual operating expenses, and financing, and including sensitivity ranges that show how each component can affect L… more
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: Tegen, S.; Lantz, E.; Hand, M.; Maples, B.; Smith, A. & Schwabe, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Long Pulse Fusion Physics Experiments without Superconducting Electromagnets

Description: Long-pulse fusion physics experiments can be performed economically via resistive electromagnets designed for thermally steady-state operation. Possible fusion experiments using resistive electromagnets include long-pulse ignition with deuterium-tritium fuel. Long-pulse resistive electromagnets are alternatives to today's delicate and costly superconductors. At any rate, superconducting technology is now evolving independent of fusion, so near-term superconducting experience may not ultimately … more
Date: August 19, 1998
Creator: Woolley, R.D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Target production for inertial fusion energy

Description: Inertial fusion energy (IFE) power plants will require the ignition and burn of 5-10 fusion fuel targets every second. The technology to economically mass produce high-quality, precision targets at this rate is beyond the current state of the art. Techniques that are scalable to high production rates, however, have been identified for all the necessary process steps, and many have been tested in laboratory experiments or are similar to current commercial manufacturing processes. In this paper, … more
Date: March 1, 1995
Creator: Woodworth, J.G. & Meier, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Reducing Launch Operation Costs: New Technologies and Practices

Description: This technical memorandum explains, the United States has spent relatively little effort in applying them to operations. Just as important as cost saving technologies are appropriate management methods, or strategies, to put these technologies to work. In some cases, OTA has found, cost savings could be achieved by streamlining operations and reducing the burden of documentation and reporting requirements that have slowly expanded over the years.
Date: September 1988
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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