Question: * * Note : I am working on a project to use a renewable fuel for powering a village in india . Q . if

**Note : I am working on a project to use a renewable fuel for powering a village in india .
Q. if a 1000 MW electricity capacity coal plant uses 9000 tonnes of coal per day how much would 30 MW electricity capacity coal plant use per day
Q. Is cost of coal cheaper then biofuel? EXAMPLE: for a 15 MWe coal compared to a 15 MWe biodiesel plant ( soybean oil) per year basis.
Q. do biodiesel generation power plants require much more fuel in comparison to how much fuel coal plants require( eg. To produce 15 MWe) yes or no
If NO: then is my calculations wrong of ( I am using 150(100 kw rating) generators that annually use 3679200 Litre/ year of biodiesel fuel .( Assuming price of $1 per litre fuel and 28 litre fuel consumption per hour for 1 generator)
Q.how much biodiesel at full Load does a biodiesel generator of rating of 100 KW use ?( is 28 L/hrs) correct?
Q. If coal is much more expensive then biofuel ( coal: $117 per ton / biodiesel =0.55-1$ cent per litre). THEN Why for my project to design a 15 MWe capacity biodiesel plant ( which has 150 biodiesel generators at 100 KW rating. That requires 4200L/hrs,36792000 Litre/year) cost about 36 million $ where as for a 15 MWe coal plant which uses 98,550 tonnes of coal per year I get total coal cost for full year only $11 million. ( where as it is said that biofuels are cheaper then coal and equally efficient almost *Assuming coal rate at 117$ per ton) is it because any of my assumptions in regards to biofuel is high? Or is this correct if so plz tell me why if wrong plz point out my mistake

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