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Germany
40.5
GW
205
MT
Coal plants in
Germany
Additional profit over 30 years
616.5
Bn. $
% Profitable
100
%
Annual CO2 emissions saved
205
MT / year
Total W-S-B investment need
106.3
Bn. $
Investment Potential
31
n.a.
%
of this country’s annual energy-related CO2 emissions could be eliminated by SwitchCoal.
Investment breakdown
106.3
Bn. $
Initial Investment for Conversion to Wind and Solar Power Plant
616.5
Bn. $
Additional profit from switch over 30 years (Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2022)
Solar
24,082
M. $
Wind
77,817
M. $
Battery
4,394
M. $
Production costs
13.5
ct/kWh
Mean OPEX of the coal plants within this country (Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2022)
4.4
ct/kWh
Production cost of renewable energy
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Region
CO2 emissions saved
Total W-S-B inv. need
% Profitable plants
North Rhine-Westphalia
CO2 emissions saved
76.4
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
37.2
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Baden-Wuerttemberg
CO2 emissions saved
27.8
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
17.4
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Brandenburg
CO2 emissions saved
25.4
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
12.2
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Saxony
CO2 emissions saved
23.3
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
11.0
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Lower Saxony
CO2 emissions saved
14.3
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
7.5
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Saarland
CO2 emissions saved
10.6
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
6.2
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Saxony-Anhalt
CO2 emissions saved
5.2
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
2.5
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Hessen
CO2 emissions saved
4.7
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
2.8
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Bayern
CO2 emissions saved
4.3
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
2.8
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Berlin
CO2 emissions saved
3.8
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
2.1
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
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Plant
CO2 emissions
Investment need
Profitable?
Neurath power station
CO2 emissions
18.6
MT/y
Investment need
8.5
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Janschwalde power station
CO2 emissions
17.4
MT/y
Investment need
8.5
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Niederaussem power station
CO2 emissions
15.5
MT/y
Investment need
7.1
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Boxberg power station
CO2 emissions
12.9
MT/y
Investment need
5.9
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
GKM (Mannheim) power station
CO2 emissions
9.7
MT/y
Investment need
6.0
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Lippendorf power station
CO2 emissions
9.4
MT/y
Investment need
4.6
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Weisweiler power station
CO2 emissions
8.8
MT/y
Investment need
3.9
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Schwarze Pumpe power station
CO2 emissions
8.0
MT/y
Investment need
3.7
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
RDK (Karlsruhe) power station
CO2 emissions
6.3
MT/y
Investment need
4.0
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Heilbronn power station
CO2 emissions
5.5
MT/y
Investment need
3.4
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
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