Yes, it is a state. A unique state. You do hear about Rhode Island in the news, any time there's a mafia arrest, or large-scale world disaster, like a fire out West, which will invariably be mentioned in terms of number of Rhode Islands affected.
Existing types of fossil plants have a capital cost about $1-2 Billion/GW and new nuclear plants are estimated to cost about $2-5 Billion/GW, depending on the laws of the country in which the plant is built.his translates into an average of about $25,000 per Megawatt-hour and $25 Million per Gigawatt-hour. A storage plant that needs to store 26 Gigawatt-hours (just 1 day's power supply) would thus cost about 650 Million dollars to build (estimated range from $260 Million to $1.1 Billion dollars).
1 However, higher efficiency means lower monthly bills, so the cost may average out. 2  Replacing gas boilers range from $2,000 to $5,000 on average. 3  With additional modifications, it is possible for the price to leap up to as much as $7,500 to $9,000. According to AutomaticBurnerBoiler.com, replacing an old oil-fired boiler can cost from around $7,000 to $11,000, depending on what the client wants to use as a replacement for the boiler.