[The useful life of a Solar PV plant is usually ~25 years. Type 25 for 25 years, 20 for 20 years and so on.]
[For a plant of rating 100 kWp, enter 100. This is used for O&M cost calculation.]
[Enter the annual degradation rate after the first year. e.g., 0.5 for 0.5%]
[Enter the total initial cost of the project.Maintain the consistency of the currency i.e.; if you choose 'Rs' as currency for capex, use the 'Rs' currency for remaining inputs as well.]
[Enter the estimated salvage value as a percentage of Capital Cost at the end of plant life. e.g., 5 for 5%]
[Enter the price at which electricity is sold.]
[Enter the annual depreciation rate. e.g., 15 for 15%.]
[Enter the number of years the Written Down Value (WDV) method is applied before switching to straight-line depreciation.]
[Enter the operation and maintenance cost per kWp of DC rating for the first year.]
[Enter overheads as a percentage of O&M cost. e.g., 5 for 5%]
[Enter management fee as a percentage of O&M cost. e.g., 2 for 2%]
[Enter the annual escalation rate for O&M costs. e.g., 5 for 5%]
[Enter the Debt to Equity ratio. e.g., (70/30 =2.33) for 70% debt, 30% equity]
[Enter the annual interest rate on debt. e.g., 10 for 10%]
[Enter the number of years over which the debt is repaid.]
[Enter the annual insurance premium as a percentage of the depreciated project cost for the year. e.g., 1 for 1%]
[Enter the applicable corporate tax rate. e.g., 25 for 25%]
[Enter the desired AC energy output for the first year. Backend will calculate subsequent years using Plant Life and Degradation.]
[Enter the yearly AC output for each year of Plant Life as a JSON dictionary. Keys must be year number (integer, starting from 1) and values the yield (number). Example: {"1": 100000, "2": 99500, "3": 99000}. Ensure the dictionary covers all the years (1 to plant life).]
{"1": 100000, "2": 99500, "3": 99000}
Manually entering yearly yield for the entire plant life can be cumbersome. You can use our Solar PV System Engineering Module to design your plant and get these values automatically.
Go to Solar PV System Engineering Module
If you already have the yearwise yield data, you can still paste the JSON dictionary into the input box below.
[Enter the desired rate of return for equity investors directly. e.g., 12 for 12%]
[Enter the risk-free rate, e.g., government bond yield. e.g., 5 for 5%]
[Enter the project's beta relative to the market. e.g., 1.2]
[Enter the expected return of the market minus the risk-free rate. e.g., 7 for 7%]