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Quick Specs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Typical capacity range<\/td>\n36 kW \u2013 4.5 MW (50 kg\/h to 6 t\/h steam)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thermal efficiency<\/td>\n~99% electric vs. 77\u201382% for a modern code-minimum gas boiler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Equipment price band<\/td>\n$5,000 (100 kW) to $200,000+ (1\u20135 MW)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Install timeline<\/td>\n3\u20135 days (simple swap) to several months (utility service upgrade)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Typical payback<\/td>\nDepends heavily on local electricity rate \u2014 see the payback section below.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Industrial electric boiler cost is the combined total of the equipment price, the electricity to run it, and the years it takes to recoup that investment against a comparable gas boiler. That total breaks into three separate numbers, and vendors usually only show you one of them. The equipment quote alone seems simple — just the price on the invoice — but things get complicated when electricity prices, installation work, and years of operating cost come into play. Three elements make up that real cost: what you pay for the boiler itself, what it will cost you to run, and how long it will take to recoup that investment relative to a gas boiler. These units serve commercial and industrial facilities across dozens of distinct industrial applications and industrial uses, and every model is built to generate steam or hot water reliably for heat and steam duty in a heating system that has to run every day, not just occasionally.<\/p>\n

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A medium industrial electric steam boiler (1 ton\/hour of steam, approximately 700\u2013750 kW of power) might cost about $10,000\u2013$45,000 upfront. Electricity costs to run it, however, run three to five times higher than for natural gas on a per-unit of heat output basis. It\u2019s an open question as to when, if ever, the two costs converge, given local gas prices, electricity prices and how many hours a year the boiler operates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n