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Taiwan
19.2
GW
91
MT
Coal plants in
Taiwan
Additional profit over 30 years
44.6
Bn. $
% Profitable
100
%
Annual CO2 emissions saved
91
MT / year
Total W-S-B investment need
48.0
Bn. $
Investment Potential
32
n.a.
%
of this country’s annual energy-related CO2 emissions could be eliminated by SwitchCoal.
Investment breakdown
48.0
Bn. $
Initial Investment for Conversion to Wind and Solar Power Plant
44.6
Bn. $
Additional profit from switch over 30 years (Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2022)
Solar
31,842
M. $
Wind
13,772
M. $
Battery
2,342
M. $
Production costs
5.2
ct/kWh
Mean OPEX of the coal plants within this country (Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2022)
3.8
ct/kWh
Production cost of renewable energy
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Region
CO2 emissions saved
Total W-S-B inv. need
% Profitable plants
Taichung
CO2 emissions saved
27.5
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
14.6
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Yunlin
CO2 emissions saved
23.1
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
12.3
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Kaohsiung
CO2 emissions saved
17.4
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
8.8
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Taipei
CO2 emissions saved
9.8
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
5.3
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Hualien
CO2 emissions saved
6.4
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
3.8
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Chiayi
CO2 emissions saved
2.2
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
1.0
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Taoyuan
CO2 emissions saved
2.2
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
1.0
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Yilan
CO2 emissions saved
1.8
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
0.9
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Tainan
CO2 emissions saved
0.3
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
0.1
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
Miaoli
CO2 emissions saved
0.2
MT/y
Total W-S-B inv. need
0.1
Bn. $
% Profitable plants
100
%
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CO2 emissions
Investment need
Profitable?
Taichung power station
CO2 emissions
27.0
MT/y
Investment need
14.4
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Mailiao power station
CO2 emissions
19.6
MT/y
Investment need
10.4
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Hsinta power station
CO2 emissions
10.6
MT/y
Investment need
5.5
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Linkou power station
CO2 emissions
9.3
MT/y
Investment need
5.1
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Ho-Ping power station
CO2 emissions
6.4
MT/y
Investment need
3.8
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Talin power station
CO2 emissions
6.2
MT/y
Investment need
3.0
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Hsinkang SK power station
CO2 emissions
2.0
MT/y
Investment need
0.9
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Haifeng power station
CO2 emissions
1.8
MT/y
Investment need
1.0
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Longder power station
CO2 emissions
1.8
MT/y
Investment need
0.8
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Mailiao Formosa Petrochemical power station
CO2 emissions
1.7
MT/y
Investment need
0.9
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Hwa Ya Cogen power station
CO2 emissions
1.6
MT/y
Investment need
0.7
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Jinshin power station
CO2 emissions
0.6
MT/y
Investment need
0.3
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Houli Mill power station
CO2 emissions
0.5
MT/y
Investment need
0.2
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Chiutang Mill power station
CO2 emissions
0.3
MT/y
Investment need
0.2
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Kuan-Tien power station
CO2 emissions
0.3
MT/y
Investment need
0.1
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Linyuan Plant power station
CO2 emissions
0.3
MT/y
Investment need
0.1
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Shu-Lin power station
CO2 emissions
0.3
MT/y
Investment need
0.1
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Chiayi Plant CY power station
CO2 emissions
0.2
MT/y
Investment need
0.1
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Linkou Plant TP power station
CO2 emissions
0.2
MT/y
Investment need
0.1
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
Miaoli Petrochemical power station
CO2 emissions
0.2
MT/y
Investment need
0.1
Bn. $
Profitable?
Yes
No
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