Economic Viability of a Biogas Plant - Revision history

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Fungai Cecilia Sandamu at 13:55, 23 May 2014

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Frank Helbig: Replaced content with "
Category:Financing_Biogas Category:Financing_and_Funding"

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Replaced content with " <br/> Category:Financing_Biogas Category:Financing_and_Funding"

Fungai Cecilia Sandamu at 18:34, 14 May 2013

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Fungai Cecilia Sandamu at 18:33, 14 May 2013

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Fungai Cecilia Sandamu at 12:03, 24 April 2013

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 For an overview on biogas plant see:
-*[[Biogas_Basics|Biogas Basics]]
+*[[Biogas Basics|Biogas Basics]]
 = Objectives, Methodology and Decision Criteria =
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 The most common investment criteria is the NPV and is defined as follows:
-[[File:Npvtbiogas.gif|151px]]<br/>
+[[File:Npvtbiogas.gif|151px|alt=Npvtbiogas.gif]]<br/>
 <tt>NPV</tt> - Net Present Value<br/><tt>C<sub>t</sub></tt> - Costs in year t<br/><tt>B<sub>t</sub></tt> - Benefits in year t<br/><tt>k</tt> - discount rate<br/><tt>t</tt> - number of years from the present<br/><tt>n</tt> - total number of the years of the analysis period
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 = Further Information =
-*[[Macro-economic_Evaluation_of_Biogas_Plants|Macro-economic Evaluation of Biogas Plants]]
+*[[Macro-economic Evaluation of Biogas Plants|Macro-economic Evaluation of Biogas Plants]]
-*[[Benefits_for_Biogas_Users|Benefits for Biogas Users]]
+*[[Benefits for Biogas Users|Benefits for Biogas Users]]
-*[[Biogas_-_Costs_and_Benefits|Biogas - Costs and Benefits]]
+*[[Biogas - Costs and Benefits|Biogas - Costs and Benefits]]
 *[[:Category:Biogas|All Biogas Articles on energypedia]]
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 <references />
 [[Category:Financing_Biogas]]

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 = Overview =
 *[[Biogas_Basics|Biogas Basics]]
 = Objectives, Methodology and Decision Criteria =
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 <u>Three types of questions need to be answered:</u>
 #Which project is the least expensive among an array of options that produce the same output ('''''least cost analysis''''')?
 #Which project shows the highest net benefit (benefit minus cost) among an array of options ('''''cost benefit analysis''''')?
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 The most common investment criteria is the NPV and is defined as follows:
-[[File:Npvtbiogas.gif|151px|RTENOTITLE]]<br/>
+[[File:Npvtbiogas.gif|151px]]<br/>
 <tt>NPV</tt> - Net Present Value<br/><tt>C<sub>t</sub></tt> - Costs in year t<br/><tt>B<sub>t</sub></tt> - Benefits in year t<br/><tt>k</tt> - discount rate<br/><tt>t</tt> - number of years from the present<br/><tt>n</tt> - total number of the years of the analysis period
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 = Further Information =
-*[[Portal:Biogas|Biogas Portal on energypedia]]
+*[[Macro-economic_Evaluation_of_Biogas_Plants|Macro-economic Evaluation of Biogas Plants]]
-*[[Macro-economic Evaluation of Biogas Plants|Macro-economic Evaluation of Biogas Plants]]
+*[[Benefits_for_Biogas_Users|Benefits for Biogas Users]]
-*[[Benefits for Biogas Users|Benefits for Biogas Users]]
+*[[Biogas_-_Costs_and_Benefits|Biogas - Costs and Benefits]]
-*[[Biogas - Costs and Benefits|Biogas - Costs and Benefits]]
+*[[:Category:Biogas|All Biogas Articles on energypedia]]
 <br/>
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 <references />
 [[Category:Financing_and_Funding]]

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 = Overview =
+*[[Biogas_Basics|Biogas Basics]]
 <br/>
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 *[[Portal:Biogas|Biogas Portal on energypedia]]
-*[[Macro-economic_Evaluation_of_Biogas_Plants|Macro-economic Evaluation of Biogas Plants]]
+*[[Macro-economic Evaluation of Biogas Plants|Macro-economic Evaluation of Biogas Plants]]
-*[[Benefits_for_Biogas_Users|Benefits for Biogas Users]]
+*[[Benefits for Biogas Users|Benefits for Biogas Users]]
-*[[Biogas_-_Costs_and_Benefits|Biogas - Costs and Benefits]]
+*[[Biogas - Costs and Benefits|Biogas - Costs and Benefits]]
 = References =
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 <references />
 [[Category:Financing_Biogas]]

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 = Overview =
 <br/>
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 Typically, the financial analysis of projects points out the financial viability of investment alternatives.
-Three types of questions need to be answered:
+<u>Three types of questions need to be answered:</u>
 #Which project is the least expensive among an array of options that produce the same output ('''''least cost analysis''''')?
 #Which project shows the highest net benefit (benefit minus cost) among an array of options ('''''cost benefit analysis''''')?
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 The need for a dynamic approach results from the fact that, as the costs and benefits of each option arise in different years, it is necessary to make them comparable.
-The value which says how much a future or past payment is worth at the '''present''' time is described as its '''present value''' (PV).
+The value which says how much a future or past payment is worth at the '''present''' time is described as its '''present value''' '''(PV)'''.
 <br/>
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 The dynamic approach deals with a consideration of benefits and costs over several years and therefore shall be pointed out more detailed:
-Investment criteria are, as follows:
+<u>Investment criteria are, as follows:</u>
 <br/>
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 = Further Information =
-<br/>
+*[[Portal:Biogas|Biogas Portal on energypedia]]
-Back to [[Portal:Biogas|"Biogas Portal"]]
+<references />
 [[Category:Financing_and_Funding]]

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 = Overview =
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 <br/>
-Back to [[Biogas|"Biogas Portal"]]
+Back to [[Portal:Biogas|"Biogas Portal"]]
 [[Category:Financing_Biogas]]

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-= Objectives, methodology and decision criteria =
+= Overview =
 As soon as the cost and benefit components of a biogas plant in planning can be quantified, and as soon as other important parameters (time horizon, interest rate, annual allowances, exchange rates, inflation rates) are determined, the economic viability of a biogas plant can be calculated.
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 <br/>
-= Procedure of dynamic approach =
+= Procedure of Dynamic Approach =
 Due to the fact that the same amount of a credit or debit can have a very different value depending on '''when''' the transaction takes place, dynamic analysis differ from the static methods.
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 The value which says how much a future or past payment is worth at the '''present''' time is described as its '''present value''' (PV).
-== Example ==
+<br/>
 Given an investment of a biogas plant of 2000 US$ in two years ('''discounting'''), having paid three years ago 120 US$ for the necessary landed property ('''compounding'''), with a given interest rate of 8%, the PV is as follows:
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 <br/>
-= Investment criteria =
+= Investment Criteria =
 The dynamic approach deals with a consideration of benefits and costs over several years and therefore shall be pointed out more detailed:
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 Investment criteria are, as follows:
-== Net Present Value (NPV) ==
+<br/>
 The most common investment criteria is the NPV and is defined as follows:
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 Back to [[Biogas|"Biogas Portal"]]
 [[Category:Financing_and_Funding]]