Techno-Economic Analysis of Biomass Energy Utilization through Gasification Technology for Sustainable Energy Production and Economic Development in Nigeria

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab12"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:12.07em"/><col style="width:6.50em"/><col style="width:9.23em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"><b>Item</b></td><td class="align_center"><b>Capital Cost</b></td><td class="align_center"><b>Proportion of Cost</b></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Consultancy/Design</td><td class="align_center">324.5</td><td class="align_center">6%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Civil works</td><td class="align_center">705.1</td><td class="align_center">13%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Fuel Handling/Preparation</td><td class="align_center">324.5</td><td class="align_center">6%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Electrical/balance of plant</td><td class="align_center">217.0</td><td class="align_center">4%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Converter system(gasifier)</td><td class="align_center">3362.9</td><td class="align_center">62%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Prime Mover</td><td class="align_center">488.2</td><td class="align_center">9%</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>Source: NERC [<a href="/journals/jen/2018/4860252/#B57" target="_blank">9</a>].<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Biomass gasification cost breakdown (2010 US $).</div>

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