Figure 4.27: Projected power-generating levelized costs for actual and planned coal (C), gas (G) nuclear (N), wind (W) and hydro (H) power plants with assumed capital interest rates of 5 or 10%.

Source: IEA/NEA, 2005.

Notes: Bars depict 10 and 90 percentiles and lines extend to show minimum and maximum estimates. Other analyses provide different cost ranges (Table 4.7), exemplifying the uncertainties resulting from the discount rates and other underlying assumptions used.