How much cost for sequestration per kilowatt hour?
The current estimate is $0.05 per kilowatt hour. Q: I am upset by the attitude that “we all generate CO2 anyway, so why not just generate some more here?” In 1970, this would be great technology to propose, but now it is just burning dinosaurs again. We need renewables like wind and solar. A: We agree with providing renewable resources. Energy Northwest owns and operates a wind project and a solar project. We actively prospect for additional wind power sites. Some renewables like wind can run $0.05 to $0.09 per kilowatt hour. Manufacturing products are going up because of competition. China is building roughly two coal plants every week. This drives up demand for things like this. You can do renewables as fast as you can, but intermittency is an issue. I believe we would be worse off if we have a situation where we don’t have power. We have to do this as responsibly as possible and blaze a trail that is the least damaging. Q: But in 2000, we didn’t run out of power. A: There are still
