... /kWh Tier 1 Concentrating Solar Power Less than or equal to 20 kW $0.269/kWh Tier 1 On-Shore Wind Less than or equal to 20 kW $0.161/kWh Tier 1 In-line Hydro Less than or equal to 20 kW $0.213/kWh Tier 2 Photovoltaics Greater than 20 kW, less than or equal to 500 kW $0.189/kWh Tier 2 Concentrating Solar Power Greater than ... kW, less than or equal to 500 kW $0.254/kWh Tier 2 On-Shore Wind Greater than 20 kW, less than or equal to 100 kW $0.138/kWh Tier 2 In-line Hydro Greater than 20 kW, less than or equal to 100 kW $0.189/kWh Tier 3 Photovoltaics Greater than 500 kW, less than or equal...

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... economic issues related to the relocation of people, there are many other problems that are associated with hydropower. For instance, hydro-development causes environmental degradation since water and land quality are affected by the flooding, erosion, and accumulation of toxic waste from hydro development. Besides high investment costs, hydropower development also has a low return on investment because the efficiency of hydropower depends ... ...

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... , and high temperature and pressure tubing make initial costs high and reward larger installations where the ancillary costs are shared. With all the developments of gas micro turbines and micro hydro technologies, it is somewhat surprising that packages with competitive costs are not yet available. Yet, the lower limit for use of steam turbines in CHP plants is a nominal boiler capacity ... ...

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