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1 Power Generation Technology data for Integrated Resource plan of South Africa EPRI Project Manager G. Ramachandran ELECTRIC Power RESEARCH INSTITUTE 3420 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304-1338 PO Box 10412, Palo Alto, California 94303-0813 USA Power Generation Technology data for Integrated Resource plan of South Africa EPRI Member Specific Final Report, July 2010 Project Manager M. Barry System Operations and Planning DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES THIS DOCUMENT WAS PREPARED BY THE ORGANIZATION(S) NAMED BELOW AS AN ACCOUNT OF WORK SPONSORED OR COSPONSORED BY THE ELECTRIC Power RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

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4 Copyright 2010 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. CITATIONS This report was prepared by Electric Power Research Institute 3420 Hillview Ave Palo Alto, CA 94304 Principal Investigators R. Bedilion G. Booras T. Coleman R. Entriken J. Hamel C. McGowin J. Platt G. Ramachandran This report describes research sponsored by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). This publication is a corporate document that should be cited in the literature in the following manner: Power Generation Technology data for Integrated Resource plan of South Africa.

5 EPRI, Palo Alto, CA: 2010. iii PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Results and Findings This report provides cost and performance data on renewable Resource based technologies such as wind, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, and biomass, fossil fuel based technologies such as pulverized coal, fluidized bed combustion, Integrated coal gasification combined cycle, open cycle gas turbine, combined cycle gas turbine and nuclear technologies. The Department of Energy, South Africa is in the process of evaluating these technologies for future (2015-2030) capacity additions and the data in this report will facilitate Integrated Resource plan process of South Africa.

6 Challenges and Objectives Power Generation technologies are on the threshold of efficiency improvements, while at the same time, the question of capital and operating costs of new units is somewhat uncertain due to the impact of a global market demand competing for the same resources. This makes a comparative assessment of these technologies with a consistent approach to the cost and performance analysis essential to a Power Generation company s strategy for fleet transition from older to newer units. The objective of this report is to address these challenges and provide data on technologies in a consistent manner.

7 Applications, Values, and Use This study is part of EPRI s ongoing work to address Technology improvements and monitor cost and performance of developing and mature technologies. EPRI Perspective While EPRI promotes collaborative research amongst members, specific reports tailored to the individual countries, helps EPRI staff to collaborate closely with the member staff and gain perspective on unique situations where the technologies may be deployed. This perspective can then be translated into a much broader collaborative effort to benefit all members.

8 Approach This report utilized from past EPRI research in Power Generation technologies cost and performance along with EPRI staff expertise to translate existing estimates to South African conditions. The final report will be published end of May 2010. Keywords Power Generation Nuclear v Wind Turbines Solar Thermal Photovoltaic Biomass Pulverized coal Fluidized bed combustion Integrated coal gasification combined cycle Open cycle gas turbine Gas turbine combined cycle vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction The Department of Energy, South Africa is in the process of preparing an Integrated Resource plan (IRP).

9 The DOE South Africa has stipulated that the data included in the IRP must be obtained from an independent source. To obtain this independently sourced data , the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) was approached to provide Technology data for new Power plants that would be included in their IRP. Because the project requires a quick turn-around of cost and performance data for a number of Power Generation technologies applicable to South African conditions and environments, a comprehensive analysis developed with ground-up estimates was not feasible.

10 However, estimates pertinent to South African conditions were developed based on a compilation of existing US and international databases and adjustments based on third party vendor indices and EPRI in-house expertise. The scope of EPRI s effort includes presenting the capital cost, operations and maintenance (O&M) cost, and performance data , as well as a comprehensive discussion and description of each Technology . Costs are reported in January 2010 South African Rand. Even as the recession was significantly impacting most of the US economy in 2008 and 2009, prices of many Power plant-related materials and equipment continued to increase into early 2009.