Problem
Prohibitive cost of electricity
Other Names:
High electricity costs Incidence:
Scrubbing of carbon dioxide from power station chimney exhausts typically costs $150 to $200 per ton of carbon removed. The cost of scrubbing at an oil-fired power plant would probably increase the cost of electricity by 50 to 100%.
Related Problems:
Failure to take account of externalities of systems Aggravates:
Inadequate acclimatization of buildings Strategies:
Developing alternative electricity Subject(s):
Commerce → Purchasing, supplyingTechnology → Electricity
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST