According to Reuters construction is due to begin on a new 600MW ultra super critical coal fired power station.
The ultra super critical refers to the steam temperature and pressure - ie very high temperatures and pressures.
This increases the efficiency of the plant - so it will emit less CO2 than it did previously.
This increase in efficiency is not enough to justify its presence - the potential for CCS retrofit must exist. I've not looked into whether (or not) it does.
Completion is scheduled for 2012. This will also be a baseload plant (guarenteed to run all the time) which means that it does a job which renewables cannot do.
Nuclear, however, could.
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