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Figure 2: Cost of Avoided Emissions per EIA (kilograms per kilowatt hour)Type of Utility-scaleEnergy FacilitySolar (PV) Wind Geothermalconventionalcoal(bituminous)coal with carboncapture (IGCC,90% capture)System-wide cost$0.10 $0.15 $0.13 $0.08 $0.05per kwh (a)Point source CO2 0.938 0.0938 0 0 0emissions (b)Additional life0.077 0.077 0.0039 0.0051 0.0386cycle GHGs (mining,production, transportation,etc.) (c and d)Emissions from0 0.01876 0 0 0carbon captureenergy penalty (20%more coal input)Total emissions 1.015 0.18956 0.0039 0.0051 0.0386Carbon Capture Scam Chapter: 1Grams of avoidedemissionscost per kilogramof avoidedemissions0 0.82544 1.0111 1.0099 0.9764n/a $0.18 $0.13 $0.08 $0.05Sourcesa) EIA. “Annual Energy Outlook.” 7 May 2014. Accessed 16 March 2015. http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/electricity_generation.cfmb) EIA. Accessed 16 March 2015. http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=74&t=11c) life cycle emissions additional for coal and NG derived from Jaramillo, et al. “Comparative Life-Cycle Air Emissions of Coal, Domestic Natural Gas,LNG, and SNG for Electricity Generation.” Environmental Science and Technology. 17(41). 2007. Accessed 16 March 2015. http://www.cmu.edu/gdi/docs/environ.-sci.-technol-2007-jaramillo.pdfd) life cycle emissions from renewables derived form Sovacool, et al. “Comment on ‘Prevented Mortality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Historicaland Projected Nucelar Power,” Environmental Science and Technology. 47(12). 22 May 2013. Accessed 6 March. 2015. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es401667hFigureCost3:ofRelativeAvoidedCostsEmissionsof Avoided CO2 (per kilogram, per kWh)$0.20$0.18$0.16$0.14$0.12$0.10cost per kilogram of avoided emissions$0.08$0.06$0.04$0.02$0.00coal with carbon capture Solar Wind GeothermalType of Utility-scale Energy FacilityPage 14