KUSILE4,800 MW COAL-FIRED POWER STATION

17 000 000TONNES OF COAL BURNT/YEAR

37 000 000TONNES OF CO2 EQUIVALENT/YEAR

10%KUSILE WILL BOOSTOUR CLIMATE CHANGECONTRIBUTION BY

KUSILE WILL BOOSTOUR CLIMATE CHANGECONTRIBUTION BY!

STATS90%

AMOUNT OF SA’SELECTRICITY THATCOMES FROM COAL90%

LESS THAN 2% FROM RENEWABLES

MORE THAN

The world’s 6th largest coal consumer

THESE VERY REAL COSTS AREN’T

INCLUDED IN THE MARKET COST OF

KUSILE, BUT SOCIETY WILL STILL

HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM

Health impacts on local communities Ecological footprint of coal mining Diversion of water for Kusile’s use Climate change

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Some of the costs left offthe balance sheet

PRICE TAG

R180BNBUT THAT EXCLUDES MANY COSTS

KUSILEMEANS ‘GOOD MORNING’ IN NDEBELE

& CAN WEAFFORD IT?

SO WHAT IS THETRUE COST OF KUSILE?

R0,52/KWHCurrent price per KWH

R1,88/KWHExternalised cost per KWH

R2,29/KWHFull cost of Kusile’s coal power

Cost per KWH of elec

R0,52/KWHCurrent price per KWH

R1,88/KWHExternalised cost per KWH

R2,29/KWHFull cost of Kusile’s coal power 459%

If consumers were to pay the full costs of Kusile’s coal-poweredelectricity, prices would go up by

based on 2010 tarrif

!The amount of damage kusile will cause every year

6 ,06BILLIONRTOTAL EXTERNALITY COST: