Currently about 10 cents a kilowatt-hour, they are the second-highest in Asia after Japan's.
In California, the renewable certs go for between 2 and 5 cents a kilowatt hour.
That reflects the bargain wholesale prices that Vermont utilities pay Entergy: 4.2 cents a kilowatt-hour.
Such an experimental system would deliver but a kilowatt of power, as a test.
PreussenElektra sells its power for an average 17.5 pfennig a kilowatt, against the German average of 19.
Assuming a 35% load factor, the turbine can produce electricity at 4 to 7 cents a kilowatt-hour.
According to Bosch's calculations, a conventional internal-combustion-engined car can travel 1.5-2.5km on a kilowatt-hour (kWh) of energy.
Vermonters pay less for power than any other state in New England, an average of 13 cents a kilowatt-hour.
Say a commercial account is paying 10 cents a kilowatt-hour for power.
The average price for a kilowatt-hour of electricity in Italy can be twice that in the U.S. and rates often vary according to time of day.
It now buys 48% of its power from private suppliers, at about 6.5 cents a kilowatt-hour - some 20% more than what Meralco pays its IPPs.
"We're trying to see a pathway to where you can make electricity for 5 to 8 cents a kilowatt-hour, " equivalent to gas-fired power plants, he says.
That could spark a political backlash as consumers see that a kilowatt at 6 p.m. costs five or ten times as much as one at 4 a.m.
According to Michaud, an AVE power station with a 656-foot diameter could generate 200 megawatts of clean electricity at a price as low as 0.03 cents a kilowatt-hour.
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California has been one of the biggest markets for solar, but rebates from California's two largest utilities have fallen from 39 cents a kilowatt hour to a recent 26 cents, which some solar installers say undermines the economics.
Combined-cycle gas turbines, which use hot exhaust gases from one turbine to generate steam to turn a second one, can transform 6, 800 Btu of gas into a kilowatt-hour of electricity, enough to light one lightbulb for ten hours.
Researchers estimate the cost would start at about 9 cents a kilowatt-hour for the first EGS project and fall to as little as 4 cents, including construction, development and financing but not including any government subsidies that may be available.
Higgins intends to attach to the line 200 megawatts (peak output) of windmills, ostensibly generating electricity at a cost of 7 cents a kilowatt-hour, and has contracted to buy all the output of a 65-megawatt solar plant that would be an eco-loss-leader costing 25 cents per kwh.
That is, if you do at least 392 loads of laundry a year, live in one of 18 states where electricity costs are at or above the national average of 7.8 cents a kilowatt-hour and if your opportunity cost--the return you'd get by investing in something other than a more expensive washer--is 6% or less.
The battery can be fully charged by a 7-kilowatt fast charger in four hours, or a 3-kilowatt charger in 10 hours.
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The firm has built a 40 kilowatt demonstration plant and is partnering with AES, a utility, to build a 1-2MW system.
The Ford Focus Electric is powered entirely by a 23 kilowatt hour lithium ion battery, and capable of a top speed of 84 miles per hour.
Its battery is an 80 kilowatt-hour lithium ion battery made by A123 Systems that powers a 70-kilowatt motor (that translates to a pretty puny 93 horsepower).
Following tests on a 400-kilowatt model motor, a four-megawatt (MW) generator operating at 3, 600 rpm was subjected to a program of long-term tests.
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System size: All except Portland assumed a five-kilowatt system, the average size for a residential solar installation in most of the U.S. For Portland, which has a mild climate and an incentive system that favors smaller systems, we assumed a system of three kilowatts.
The company is nearly finished developing a 30-kilowatt model with an 26-foot wing and is planning a model more than 200 feet long that would produce 5 megawatts and reach heights of nearly two kilometers.
We will continue to revolutionize power generation on a global scale, one kilowatt hour at a time.
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Thanks to its heavily insulated roof and double-glazed, low-emissivity glass throughout, Mayhem Manor's electricity consumption is a modest 8, 300 kilowatt-hours a year.
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It's a 35-kilowatt-hour lithium titanate battery pack that it says is quickly rechargeable and safe.
In the right location, a 10-kilowatt turbine could supply the entire electricity needs of an average American household.
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