Sim City 3000
Power Station guide

Type of plant                   Available year                 MW                              Costs                              Costs per MW
Coal 1900 200 4500 22.5
Oil 1900 220 7500 34.1
Gas 1950 50 2000 40
Nuclear 1955 500 15000 30
Wind 1980 4 100 25
Solar 1990 50 1300 26
Waste 2000 500 25000 50
Microwawe 2020 1600 28000 17.5
Fusion 2050 2500 40000 16
 

Coal is cheap, but pollutes the air

Oil is a tiny bit more expencive than coal, and gives just a mini tiny bit of smaller pollutions

Gas is cleaner than both coal and oil, but costs nearer twice as much per MW than coal and oil

Nuclear is able to provide a big city with electricity, but if it gets blown up, you wont be able to build on the ground that the meltdown hited. The UFO:s seems to love blasting theese.

Wind has no pollution on the air, but you will need millions (not quit that much but you get the point) of them to provide a big city with electricity.

Solar is non-polluting but needs some of them to give  good flow of electricity. If its cloudy, there wont be any power

Waste is excellent when you have no power and tons of garbage, but is excpensive to build and doesnt provide much electrycisy

Microwawe is very clean since the energy is produced in space and then beamed down here. But sometimes the beam hits buildings next to the plant and destroy them, and thats not good.

Fusion is very clean and not dangerous as Nuclear or the Microwawe but is very excpensive.