Cost of the Electricity Using a Diesel Generator Operating at 80% Capacity

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Anonymous Poster #1	Cost of the Electricity Using a Diesel Generator Operating at 80% Capacity 04/15/2011 5:02 AM
	hello can you please write about the cost calculation using meter with the 10kva generator operating at its 80% capacity with its formula. What about the cost of the generator itself in calculation.please notify that too..........
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#1 Re: cost of the electricity using a diesel generator operating at its 80% capacity 04/15/2011 6:03 AM
	Too many variables are missing from this description to formulate a fully informed reply. I haven't run any numbers lately, but as a wild guess I estimate that diesel generation costs US$ 0.20-0.30/kwh, and that utilities bill it out US$ 0.30-0.50, or even more. (As in Juneau, AK, USA last year when an avalanche destroyed a hydro transmission line, forcing the city to use diesel gensets.) __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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Anonymous Hero Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: The 'Space Coast', USA Posts: 11119 Good Answers: 918	#2 In reply to #1 Re: cost of the electricity using a diesel generator operating at its 80% capacity 04/15/2011 7:25 AM
	You wrote, "Too many variables are missing from this description to formulate a fully informed reply." Sounds like some of the recent CR4 Challenge Questions. ;-)
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#3 In reply to #2 Re: cost of the electricity using a diesel generator operating at its 80% capacity 04/15/2011 9:12 AM
	Agreed. Admittedly it can be tricky to compose a question that distinguishes what is assumed or relevant vs. what is not. Some editorial review might be good. __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#4 Re: Cost of the Electricity Using a Diesel Generator Operating at 80% Capacity 04/15/2011 9:22 AM
	Wikipedia is a good source of free information. They've already done most of the work for you, so you still don't have to put forth any effort. Diesel generator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#5 Re: Cost of the Electricity Using a Diesel Generator Operating at 80% Capacity 04/15/2011 11:52 AM
	The cost is related to the rate of consumption of fuel, the intervals between tank refills and the price of the fuel on those occasions. It is also related to the price of the generator and its future disposal value, if any, or the hire cost, and the start date and end date. Those numbers cannot be seen from here. __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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indel Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sour Lake, TX 30°08'59.68"N 94°19'42.81"W Posts: 675 Good Answers: 13	#6 In reply to #5 Re: Cost of the Electricity Using a Diesel Generator Operating at 80% Capacity 05/14/2011 4:22 PM
	Righto! As I was looking, recently, to buy a diesel generator, I noticed that many manufacturers post the number of gallons of fuel per hour at half load. Probably OP was looking for an answer, or two in order to make the average. __________________ Bridge rule #1: Nobody is as good as he thinks about himself nor as dumb, as his partner thinks...
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