Green energy plants

Criteria of sustainable development

Water consumption

• Thermal power plants through wet cooling

0.85 Gal/kWh= 3.217 liter/kWh       source: California Energy Commision

• Nuclear power plants

0.72 Gal/kWh = 2.725 liter/kWh     source: Nuclear, Coal and Combined Cycle numbers from World Forum report - Thirsty Energy: Water and Energy in the 21st Century

• Coal power plants

0.50 Gal/kWh = 1.892 liter/kWh      source: Nuclear, Coal and Combined Cycle numbers from World Forum report - Thirsty Energy: Water and Energy in the 21st Century

• Combined Cycle Gas power plants

0.19 Gal/kWh =  0,719 liter/kWh     source: Nuclear, Coal and Combined Cycle numbers from World Forum report - Thirsty Energy: Water and Energy in the 21st Century

• BrightSource's Concentrated Solar Tower Dry Cooling

0.03 Gal/kWh = 0.114 liter/kWh      source: California Energy Commission