vic govt announcment, page-3

ESI technology can be incorporated into existing plants,how much capital expenditure is required will hopefully be made known on the release of ARUP results.
If the net carbon benifits are greater than the cost of implementing ECT, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF exporting brown coal,by existing power plants,using the technology , on a shared bases,it would be able to meet the concerns expressed in the last paragraph of the article.
"victorian premier John Brumby is expected to raise the concerns of the owners of victorias $15 billion brown coal power generators that the proposed emissions trading scheme will bankrupt them,unless they recieve compensation,according to Mr Batchelor. the premier is expected to raise the concerns today at the meeting of the Council of Australian Governments."