Comparing Emerging Technologies

TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF POWER GENERATION
OPTIONS FOR AUSTRALIA

This report summarises technology assessments of low emission electricity generation technologies in an Australian context, with a time horizon of 2015. On-going research and development (R&D), technology development and reassessment of options continues to change the order of merit of the technologies in terms of overall cost estimates and technology development pathways. Despite extensive analysis over the last few years, no clear winner has emerged for all situations. In addition to updating assessments of coal fired technologies such as IGCC and Oxy-fuel combustion the report also considers advanced pf with post combustion capture, solar thermal, coal seam gas, and nuclear.

Elements of this report were recently updated in August 2006. Details of the changes are available in the following Errata Sheet for the old version of the report.

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Full Report: Assessment of Power Generation Options for Australia (6.89mb)

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Main Summary Report (592kb)

APPENDIX A: Advanced supercritical pf (333kb)

APPENDIX B: Oxygen production (825kb)

APPENDIX C: Oxygen blown advanced supercritical pf (895kb)

APPENDIX D: Integrated gasification combined cycle (501kb)

APPENDIX E: Advanced pf for Victorian lignites (823kb)

APPENDIX F: Post combustion capture (911kb)

APPENDIX G: Novel coal-based cycles (229kb)

APPENDIX H: Coal seam methane and underground coal gasification (244kb)

APPENDIX I: Concentrating solar thermal (1.11mb)