Figure 3.

9 Capital Costs for Construction of New Coal Fired Power Plants (US$m)

Source: IEEFA Estimates

An Ultra Supercritical (USC) plant provides a net plant efficiency of up to 44% due to
adaptation of this high efficiency technology, meaning less coal consumption and hence
lower CO2 emissions and less ash waste. The capital cost differential relative to Rampal
highlights capital cost escalation risk and / or the added environmental risk from installing
out-dated technology.