How to Calculate the Coal Quantity Used in a Power Plant ...
· Coal trader''s web sites give base prices in the international market. We take a coal price of around 65 / Ton. The cost of coal consumed by 100 MW power plant is ( x 65) 3497 /hr. A 100 MW unit produces 100,000 units of electricity. So the cost of coal per unit of electricity is (3497/100,000) cents per unit.