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Annual Energy Outlook 2012

Release Date: June 25, 2012   |  Next Early Release Date: December 5, 2012  |   Report Number: DOE/EIA-0383(2012)

Issues in focus

Table 12. Summary of key results from the Reference, High Nuclear, and Low Nuclear cases, 2010-2035
Projections Reference High Nuclear Low Nuclear
Nuclear plant cumulative retirements gigawatts) 6.1 0.6 30.9
Generating capacity cumulative additions (gigawatts)
Coal 16.6 16.1 18.9
Natural gas 141.6 126.2 147.6
Nuclear capacity uprates 7.3 7.3 0.8
Planned nuclear capacity additions 6.8 13.5 6.8
Unplanned nuclear capacity additions 1.8 1.3 --
Renewables 67.4 64.5 73.4
Average delivered electricity price, 2035 (2010 cents per kilowatthour) 10.1 10.0 10.6
Average delivered natural gas price for electric power, 2035 (2010 dollars per million Btu) 7.2 7.00 8.03
CO2 emissions from electric power generation, 2035 (million metric tons) 2,330 2,301 2,404