Annual Energy: Flow Bins, Part-Load Efficiency and the Capacity Factor
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In this lesson
You read a part-load efficiency from a fictional curve, turn flow bins into megawatt-hours, add them up to the annual energy with SUMPRODUCT and work out the capacity factor.
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- Costs: Capex per kW, O&M, Insurance and a Lifetime Cash-Flow Row Locked
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