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TABLE 1
Levelized Cost Estimates in 1993 cents/kWh |
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| Technology/Year | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 |
| Wind | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| Geothermal | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| Photovoltaic | 21.8 | 16.4 | 13.1 | 8.7 |
| Solar Thermal | 10.5 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Biomass | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.2 |
Data from Blair Swezey and Yih-huei Wan, The True Cost of Renewables:
An Analytic Response to the Coal Industry's Attack on Renewable
Energy (Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
1995), 15, NREL/TP-462-20032. Available from National
Technical Information Service at (703) 487-4650.