Operating Costs: Feedstock, Haulage, Maintenance and Staff
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In this lesson
You cost a year of operation: feedstock purchases including a gate fee the plant receives, haulage per tonne-kilometre, CHP and other maintenance, staff and fixed fees, and express the total per MWh of electricity.
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Lessons in this course
- The Feedstock Mix: Tonnes, Dry Matter and Organic Dry Matter Locked
- Gas Yields: Biogas per Tonne, Methane Share and Energy Content Locked
- Retention Time and Organic Loading: Will the Digester Cope? Locked
- CHP Output: Electricity, Heat and Full-Load Hours Locked
- Revenues: Feed-In Tariff, Heat Sales and the Value of Digestate Locked
- Operating Costs: Feedstock, Haulage, Maintenance and Staff Locked
- The Investment Case: Cash Flows, Payback, NPV and IRR Locked
- Biomethane Option and Sensitivity: Which Input Matters Most? Locked