Is it possible to built NPP in Malaysia? Do we have expertise in this field and how about the cost to have NPP?? It’s very expensive.What a waste rite??
I've mentioned some regarding this matter in my post entitled Topic B for 30th October.....Posted on 1/10/2010. Maybe you could spend some time to read through my posts. We don't have the expertise to build our own NPP, same goes to most other countries. Out of 30 countries with NPP, 60 considering or building NPP, only 5 countries have this expertise. The game plan works this way, we buy the NPP then we run it on our own. Though not yet an expert, we do have sufficient knowledge and expertise to operate one.
As for the cost, to build one costs between 1 to 3 Billion USD (RM 3.5 Billion to 10.5). If you draw a cash flow diagram for NPP, even if you only consider useful life to be 40 years, NPP would emerge as the undisputed champion. If you have no idea of how a cash flow diagram works, MARR, IRR, ROI… does it rings any bell? If not then put it this way. Spend RM150,000 to buy a Honda Civic Hybrid or RM80,000 for a Honda City. Comparing both in terms of fuel consumption with same usage rate for 20 years and the Hybrid would be the champ. NPP is expensive in terms of its initial cost but its production cost; say for 1000MW of power, it requires 1km2 of land area compared to 100km2 of Photovoltaic Solar Panels. Hence it is the cheapest and cleanest compared to any other power production method.
I've mentioned some regarding this matter in my post entitled Topic B for 30th October.....Posted on 1/10/2010. Maybe you could spend some time to read through my posts. We don't have the expertise to build our own NPP, same goes to most other countries. Out of 30 countries with NPP, 60 considering or building NPP, only 5 countries have this expertise. The game plan works this way, we buy the NPP then we run it on our own. Though not yet an expert, we do have sufficient knowledge and expertise to operate one.
As for the cost, to build one costs between 1 to 3 Billion USD (RM 3.5 Billion to 10.5). If you draw a cash flow diagram for NPP, even if you only consider useful life to be 40 years, NPP would emerge as the undisputed champion. If you have no idea of how a cash flow diagram works, MARR, IRR, ROI… does it rings any bell? If not then put it this way. Spend RM150,000 to buy a Honda Civic Hybrid or RM80,000 for a Honda City. Comparing both in terms of fuel consumption with same usage rate for 20 years and the Hybrid would be the champ. NPP is expensive in terms of its initial cost but its production cost; say for 1000MW of power, it requires 1km2 of land area compared to 100km2 of Photovoltaic Solar Panels. Hence it is the cheapest and cleanest compared to any other power production method.
UNITEN students should be aware that our upcoming Solar Ranger 2 plans to use the best PV solar panel which costs roughly rm350,000 for 1.2m2 (Price is ONLY for PV solar panel. Exclude inverter and battery or everything else) so if anyone from UNITEN tries to argue saying PV solar is cheap, please join the Solar Ranger 2 crew by contacting Assoc Prof Dr Azree Idris, or Mr Zafri Baharuddin, or Mr Mikhail Fong Abdullah, or Assoc Prof Ir Dr Hanim Salleh. Forgive if i'm wrong but I can assure you that my figures are close.
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we dont have any expertise in building NPP? how about we learn how to. We should know every single detail about the NPP so when there's something wrong,we already know how to manage it.
Izzatun Nadia
ME 086266
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