Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Layouts
y
Site Selection
Cost of land
Fuel Storage area
Waste disposal
Distance from load centre
Geology/ Seismology
No fuel cost
Low operating
p
g costs and maintenance
Low electricity cost
Payback
y
5 - 8 yyears
Extremely profitable (lifetime 50 100 years)
No GHGs
Ease of Energy storage
Small size possible
Reliability
High Load Factor
decrease in demand)
Load Shedding - consumers may be deliberately cut
off in order to maintain the balance between
demand and supply