Chapter 153 Finalizing Power Cooperation
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"However, in order to provide millions of kilowatt-hours of electricity, we will need to add at least 10 magnetic generating units, and we will not talk about the cost of increasing the generating units, and I believe that the Iraqi government will not be willing to provide this high cost.
Considering that Iraq's national power grid has been in place for decades, the equipment is old and requires a lot of maintenance costs every year. Balancing the costs on both sides, as well as the use of the facilities, we need the Iraqi government to pay for the generation of electricity at $0.2/kWh. ”
Providing millions of kilowatt hours of electricity per day is not difficult for Cai Ruichen at all.
A few magnetic reactors will do the trick, and one magnetic reactor can provide almost 150,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per day.
To put it bluntly, although the units are different, it can also be said that Aziz's request is for Cai Ruichen to provide a total of 1 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per day for government distribution.
Another way is that the Iraqi government plans to consume one million kilowatt-hours of electricity per day at the future power company.
This 100 degree of electricity is the amount consumed, which is not the same as the kilowatt-hour of power generation, but when calculated by formula, it is actually a first-class relationship.
In Iraq, the price of electricity for residential use is almost US$0.15/kWh, and for industrial electricity it is US$0.3/kWh.
This is the electricity fee collected by the Iraqi National Electricity Group, which is used for power generation, grid architecture and maintenance, and also makes a large part of the profit.
And Cai Ruichen naturally unceremoniously offered his own price.
If the daily supply of one million kilowatt hours is reached, the Iraqi government will have to pay Cai Ruichen at least $200,000 for the daily electricity bill.
As for the power generation cost of magnetic energy reactors, Cai Ruichen calculated in his heart, in addition to the 4,200 funds needed to build seven magnetic energy reactors. Doesn't seem to cost anything else.
Considering his own cost, Cai Ruichen was even a little embarrassed in his heart.
After all, with 4,200 funds, that is, 42 tons of refined iron ore, in exchange for an income of 200,000 US dollars a day, no matter how you look at this business, it is so profitable.
And the international price of a ton of refined iron ore. It's less than ninety dollars, which is ...... There is no need to convert, Cai Ruichen is already smiling in his heart.
At this time, he also found that it was not that the time to make money had not arrived, but that the opportunity had not yet come.
He focused on the high-tech products and ignored some of the most basic things.
And it's often the basic things that are actually the most profitable.
After all, in today's society, no one can stand it without electricity. And in the Middle East, where the temperature continues to rise, the lack of electricity will heat people to death.
In the past, Cai Ruichen put his future positioning too high, and ignored too many general things.
If it weren't for Aziz's arrival, he wouldn't have thought of this aspect.
Maybe people's energy is really limited, and he doesn't have a good staff team to help him now. After all, he is also a man, not a god.
And if it weren't for the fact that he was in charge of providing electricity to the residents of Marin Town, I am afraid that the Iraqi government would not have come to the door, and there would not have been such a business opportunity.
Before, Cai Ruichen was still worried about banknotes every day. It can only be said that he really needs to grow.
It's just that he was happy. But someone was worried, and Aziz almost jumped when he heard Cai Ruichen's offer of $0.2/kWh.
Fortunately, he held his demeanor and endured it.
"Mr. Cai, the price has been raised, after all, the power grid equipment is still owned by the government. Do we want us to raise the price of electricity for citizens? Aziz said helplessly.
"Really?"
Cai Ruichen was not moved, but his heart moved, and said: "I don't think it's expensive at all, after all, you have also supported the Islamic State for several years, and you have to pay at least $800 million a year for power generation." And the electricity bills charged by the Islamic State, but I don't give you a penny, and our prices are really cheap. ”
"The two can't be confused, after all, we will need more and more electricity in the future." Aziz took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with some anxiety.
"I also have my own difficulties, after all, the power units need to be maintained, and the wages of the workers are also paid." When Cai Ruichen said this, he said with a serious face: "And Mr. Aziz, do you know how many magnets need to be used to build a magnetic energy generator set, and how much it costs to build a stable magnetic energy operating environment?" What expensive equipment is needed to convert magnetic energy into electrical energy? ”
In the face of Cai Ruichen's profound questions, where does Aziz understand, if he does, he would have been a world-renowned scientific champion, and where do he still need to run around.
couldn't help but wipe his sweat again, Aziz really didn't understand, and it was completely impossible for him to know that Cai Ruichen was pure nonsense, because he couldn't answer himself.
"But it's still too expensive, after all, I'm afraid that the electricity consumption will continue to increase in the future."
The pale words showed Aziz's tangled heart, if Cai Ruichen was a businessman, it would be okay to say, but he was involved in those high-tech fields that he didn't know anything about.
Modern people know that in the 21st century, wealth is not represented by oil and energy, but by technology.
"0.2 US dollars/kWh, I can't do anything without this, and as long as the contract is signed, I will mobilize the remaining power as soon as possible, and give priority to providing at least one million kilowatt hours of electricity to the Iraqi government." Cai Ruichen gave a resolute condition not to back down.
Perhaps it was because he heard Cai Ruichen's condition that he could immediately provide electricity to the Iraqi government made Aziz's heart move, which made him nod his head with difficulty, otherwise this matter may have to be more laborious.
In fact, the cost of $0.2/kWh is nothing to the Iraqi government.
The Iraqi government, which has an annual revenue of more than $100 billion, will not really feel distressed if it comes up with that amount of money.
But this is most likely a long-term deal, after all, no one knows when the Islamic State will be completely defeated.
There is no guarantee that ISIS will destroy power plants in the north when it retreats.
So once the deal begins, the Iraqi government has to keep it going for a long time.
Because Iraq now really does not have the ability to build more power plants in the right places.
Coupled with the cost of building a power plant, it is not cheap.
Therefore, the Iraqi government also has the intention to continue this business for a long time, but this price alone makes the Iraqi government in a state of barely breaking even, and it is impossible to make a profit at all.
Moreover, the annual cost of grid maintenance will need to be paid by the Iraqi government again.
On the other hand, Cai Ruichen's side only needs to be responsible for power generation, and everything else does not need to be worried.
Fortunately, compared with the Islamic State that cheated at the beginning, Cai Ruichen's conditions are also acceptable. (To be continued......)