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EDC Serial Number	EDC0000043
Title	Levelised unit cost data for electricity generation from 13 primary energy sources in 30 countries
Data Location	https://data.ukedc.rl.ac.uk/browse/edc/xcutting/systemsanalysis/ProductionCostEstimates/ EDC Stored Dataset
Description	Levelised unit cost data (£/MWh 2006) for electricity generation from various primary energy sources in various countries. Unit cost“relevance” rating. Plant types comprise: Coal, Nuclear, Gas, Wind, Coal (other), CHP, PV, Gas (other), Biomass & Energy Crops, Hydro, Waste, Wind (offshore), Geothermal, Solar Thermal, Wave & Tidal Stream, Fossil Fuel (other), Fuel cell, Nuclear (other).
DOI	(none given)
Sector	Commercial
Coverage	World Start: 01/01/2006 End: 31/12/2006
Usage Rights for this Data	Open Access This data may be freely used for any purpose
Data Type	Parameter
Parameter Names	Country; Plant Type; Exchange Rate Year; Currency; Cost in Currency per MWh; Exchange Rate; PPI; Cost £MWh; Corrected Plant Type; Funding; Corrected Funding; Corrected Country; Notes; Reference Title; Reference Author; Publication Date; Ref ID; Entry No.
Units	30 x Country
Number of Records	1185
IEA Category	Energy system analysis Other Power and Storage Technologies Environmental, social and economic impacts
Creator of the Data	UKERC Technology Policy Assessment Team
Data made available by	UKERC Technology Policy Assessment Team
Format	application/Excel
Language	English
Project	Levelised Electricity Unit Cost Estimates (International) Levelised unit cost data for electricity generation from various primary energy sources in various countries.
Related Datasets	(none given)
Other Information	The database is in Heptonstall2007_LevelisedElectricityCostData.xls Contains information for Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA A full list of references with links to original documents is provided in "A Review of Electricity Unit Cost Estimates" (PDF 300 KB)

UKERC Energy Data Centre: Data Catalogue