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Table 3 - Levelised Costs of Electricity
Fig. 9 - Levelised Costs of Electricity for lignite fired power plants

Fig. 10 - Levelised Costs of Electricity for hard coal fired power plants

lignite and coal, highlighting the contribution of fuel, 6) is shown in order to meet the overall emission
increased capital and operating costs. target envelope. The green bars represent the in-
The cost of electricity and also the cost impact of creases from the reference case and the red bars
installing emission abatement measures depend are reductions.
on economic parameters that will vary over time LCOE variation with plant location reflects the
and among different plant locations. The sensitivi- impact on TPC and operating cost, such as per-
ties of LCOE to the coal price, economic discount sonnel and maintenance cost, as well as the cost
rate and the hypothetical plant location are shown, variation related to the different emission figures
as an example, in figures 11 and figure 12, re- which are expected to remain less restrictive in
spectively for lignite and coal fired power station. emerging countries, such as South America, India
The case with SCR, fabric filter and wet FGD (Case and China.

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