Life expectancy of solar field (year) |
30 |
Life expectancy of steam unit (year) |
30 |
Life expectancy of gas unit (year) |
15 |
Annual discount rate R (year) |
10 |
Capacity factor |
0.8 |
Direct costs |
|
Specific cost of solar field sol($/kW) |
1400 |
Specific cost of steam unit Cs($/kW) |
635 |
Specific cost of gas unit Cg ($/kW) |
235 |
Contingency (% of direct costs) |
10 |
Indirect costs
Engineering, procurement and construction (% of direct costs)
|
13
|
O&M cost factor of solar field ksol(%) |
1.5 |
O&M cost factor of steam unit of CC ks(%) |
2 |
O&M cost factor of gas unit kg(%) |
5 |
\(L_{\text{cv}}\) (kJ/kg ) |
46595.3 |
Fuel price ($/MMBTU) based on average 2018 |
3.16 |
Emissions ($/ton) |
9.9 |