text: As noted in Chapter Two , 500 MWe plant firing 4.0 percent sulfur coal and equipped with LSFO FGD technology will use about 32 tons per hour of limestone , or about 240,000 tons / yr ( about 0.064 tons / MWh ) , and limestone consumption for MEL technology would be less .
  
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  The limestone consumption is desired to decrease over the coming years .