Cost of One Megawatt-Hour of Energy, Projected for 2022
Coal*
Natural gas
Wind
Solar
Nuclear
Biomass
Geothermal
Hydroelectric
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Most common method
of generating energy
from this source
*Most common current method of generating energy from coal does not use carbon capture and
sequestration (CCS). However, this practice is projected to be more common in 2022, so both methods
shown here use CCS.
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