Sentence examples for busbar from inspiring English sources

At the beginning of the 21st century, electricity from nuclear plants typically cost less than electricity from coal-fired plants, but this formula may not apply to the newer generation of nuclear power plants, given the sensitivity of busbar costs to construction costs and interest rates.

The busbar cost of a power plant is determined by 1) capital costs of construction, including finance costs, 2) fuel costs, 3) operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, and 4) decommissioning and waste-disposal costs.

For nuclear power plants, busbar costs are dominated by capital costs, which can make up more than 70 percent of the LCOE.

The LCOE is also known as the "busbar cost," as it represents the cost of the electricity up to the power plant's busbar, a conducting apparatus that links the plant's generators and other components to the distribution and transmission equipment that delivers the electricity to the consumer.