General Information Detail Units Notes Source Spread evenly over years of construction with outlay for each year Construction time 4 years occurring at the start of given year. Initial outlay at 2021. iea, p.12 Years of construction 2021-2024 Life after construction 35 years After plant is complete. Jacobs, p.122 Mega Watt (MW) is an instantaneous output. So at full output for 1 hour, the plant is said to produce 743MW hours (MWh). Output 743 MWh Total output for year = MWh x 24 x 365 x Available Capacity Factor Jacobs, p.122 Emissions 0.7 t of C02-e/MWh Finkel, p.203 Capital cost 307600Q $/MW Note: Total Outlay = Output x Capital Cost per MW Jacobs, p.122 Cost of fuel (black coal) 2.25 $/GJ Average from Graph Jacobs, p.39 Heat rate 8.85 GJ/MWh Jacobs, p.122 Variable fuel operating costs 19.91 $/MWh VC = $/GJ x Heat Rate. Penn State, 3.1.2 Variable non-fuel operating cost 1.60 $/MWh Jacobs, p.122 Note: Total Fixed Operating Costs = Fixed operating cost 87000.00 $/MW/year Output x Fixed Operating Cost per MW Jacobs, p.122 Schedule maintenance 2.00 Weeks p.a. Jacobs, p. 120 Effective outage rate 5.00% p.a. Jacobs, p. 120 Available capacity factor 91.15% p.a. (52-Maintenance Weeks)/52 - Outage Rate Jacobs, p. 120 Coal inventory days 60 days Coal is stored on site Coal inventory 21,304,782 $ Spare parts inventory 2,000,000 $ Initial working capital investment occurs at the beginning of first full Working capital 23,304,782 $ year of operations. Depreciation Straight-Line Straight-line over operating life (life after construction) Salvage $ Assumed $0 due to costs of demolition Site rectification 100,000,000 $ Tax 30% Paid the year of income Business as Usual (BaU) information Price of electricity under BaU 85 $/MWh Average from Graph Jacobs, p. 51 Cost of capital under BaU 9.5% p.a. Emission Intensity Scheme (EIS) information Price of electricity under EIS 72 $/MWh Average from Graph Jacobs, p. 51 Cost of capital under EIS 9.5% Permits earned for year = Total Annual Output MWh x EIS baseline 0.6 t of CO2-e/MWh (EIS baseline - Emission per MWh) Jacobs, p. 24 Price of EIS permit is in first year of production as it takes 4 years to Price per EIS permit first year production (2025) 17.71 $/permit build power station (2021-2024) Jacobs, p. 52 EIS certificate annual compounded growth 5.7% p.a. Compounded growth Jacobs, p. 52 Additional Values Hours 24.0 per day Days 365.0 per year