Stanari Thermal Power Plant

Republika Srpska

2016

300

MW

1.4

MT/y

Stanari Thermal Power Plant

Profitable?

No

Profitable?

Yes

Annual CO2 emissions saved

1.4

MT / year

Total W-S-B investment need

0.675

Bn. $

Investment breakdown

Investment Sum

This power plant can be profitably converted to S-W-B with a $0.675 Bn total investment.

This power plant can be converted to S-W-B with a $0.675 Bn total investment.

Solar

283

M. $

Wind

365

M. $

Battery

27,349

M. $

Production costs

1.0

ct/kWh

Production cost of coal (Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2022; adjusted)

4.24

ct/kWh

Production cost of renewable energy

Technical breakdown

Renewables installed capacity

Solar

435

MW

Wind

315

MW

Battery

24

MWh

Renewable energy production

Share of Solar-Wind to match current coal production

40.7

%

59.3

%

Solar

Wind

Renewables area

Total area required for Wind-Solar mix*: 11.26 km²

*On sites with a high wind fraction, wind need = total need. Solar panels are placed within the area occupied by wind infrastructure.

3.48

km²

11.26

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:

www.globalwindatlas.info | www.globalsolaratlas.info

Solar efficiency rate

1260

kwh/kwp

Mean wind speed

7

m/s

Impact

90%

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

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