Inner Mongolia
2012
1300
 MW
6.2
 MT/y

Inner Mongolia Xilin power station

Profitable?
No
 
Profitable?
Yes
 
Annual CO2 emissions saved
6.2
MT / year
Total W-S-B investment need
2.061
Bn. $

Investment breakdown

This power plant can be profitably converted to S-W-B with a $2.061 Bn total investment.
This power plant can be converted to S-W-B with a $2.061 Bn total investment.

Solar
927
M. $
Wind
1,014
M. $
Battery
121,118
M. $

Production costs

4.0
ct/kWh
Production cost of coal (Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2022; adjusted)
3.07
ct/kWh
Production cost of renewable energy

Technical breakdown

Renewables installed capacity

Solar
1426
MW
Wind
874
MW
Battery
106
MWh

Renewable energy production

Share of Solar-Wind to match current coal production
39.8
%
60.2
%
Solar
Wind

Renewables area

Total area required for Wind-Solar mix*: 31.2 km²
*On sites with a high wind fraction, wind need = total need. Solar panels are placed within the area occupied by wind infrastructure.
11.40
km²
31.20
km²
Area use solar
Area use wind

Environmental conditions

Key environmental conditions around coal plant site (10,000 km2)

These are input values for the SwitchCoal model taken from the following reliable sources:
Solar efficiency rate
1668
kwh/kwp
Mean wind speed
10
m/s

Impact

90%
of the world’s coal power plants can be profitably replaced by  wind-solar-battery plants.