Question

1/ 60 pts Levelized Cost of Elect ricity (LCE) - Influ ence of N number of years 3 MW x 8760 h/yr 0.22 5780/1000 5.78 KWHxq, Capitol 6.5 M(5.4 + 1.1)@year 0, Maint 0.15M/yr: Discount Factor (D) for each year. N = 15, I = 5% (Table 1a) N=20, I-5 % (Table 1b) Req. Using data in 1B -calculate the levelized cost of electricity (LC0) $kWh for i) n 15 and ii) 20 years Table 1.A 15 yr Discount Factor (D) for each year. N 15, I= 5% = 5% Yr 0 1 2 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 823 746 557 1.0 952 907 864 784 .711 677 .645 614 585 530 .505 D Table 1. B 20 Yr Discount Factor (D)for each year I5 % 1 2 4 6 9 10 11 12 Yr 0 3 5 7 13 14 952 907 864 823 784 711 1.0 746 677 .645 614 585 557 530 505 19 15 16 17 18 Yr 0.481 0.458 0.436 0.416 0.396

Answer 1

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