North Rhine-Westphalia
1989
3800
 MW
18.6
 MT/y

Neurath power station

Profitable?
No
 
Profitable?
Yes
 
Annual CO2 emissions saved
18.6
MT / year
Total W-S-B investment need
8.520
Bn. $

Investment breakdown

This power plant can be profitably converted to S-W-B with a $8.52 Bn total investment.
This power plant can be converted to S-W-B with a $8.52 Bn total investment.

Solar
1,923
M. $
Wind
6,234
M. $
Battery
363,355
M. $

Production costs

13.5
ct/kWh
Production cost of coal (Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2022; adjusted)
4.27
ct/kWh
Production cost of renewable energy

Technical breakdown

Renewables installed capacity

Solar
2958
MW
Wind
3921
MW
Battery
319
MWh

Renewable energy production

Share of Solar-Wind to match current coal production
17.7
%
82.3
%
Solar
Wind

Renewables area

Total area required for Wind-Solar mix*: 140.03 km²
*On sites with a high wind fraction, wind need = total need. Solar panels are placed within the area occupied by wind infrastructure.
23.66
km²
140.03
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
1073
kwh/kwp
Mean wind speed
9
m/s

Impact

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