The direct costs of electricity from thermal power stations include the cost of fuel, capital costs to build the plant, labor for operators, maintenance, and waste disposal. Indirect social and environmental costs like environmental impacts and health effects of the full fuel lifecycle and decommissioning are typically not included in the generation costs based on utility practices, but may be part of an environmental impact assessment.
The direct costs of electricity from thermal power stations include the cost of fuel, capital costs to build the plant, labor for operators, maintenance, and waste disposal. Indirect social and environmental costs like environmental impacts and health effects of the full fuel lifecycle and decommissioning are typically not included in the generation costs based on utility practices, but may be part of an environmental impact assessment.
The direct costs of electricity from thermal power stations include the cost of fuel, capital costs to build the plant, labor for operators, maintenance, and waste disposal. Indirect social and environmental costs like environmental impacts and health effects of the full fuel lifecycle and decommissioning are typically not included in the generation costs based on utility practices, but may be part of an environmental impact assessment.
The direct cost of electric energy produced by a thermal power station is the result of cost of fuel, capital cost for the plant, operator labour, maintenance, and such factors as ash handling and disposal. Indirect social or environmental costs, such as the economic value of environmental impacts, or environmental and health effects of the complete fuel cycle and plant decommissioning, are not usually assigned to generation costs for thermal stations in utility practice, but may form part of an environmental impact assessment.