Renewable Energy Economics

Renewable Energy Economics

Contents

• 1 Overview
  • 1.1 Background and objective
  • 1.2 Attitudes and behaviour
  • 1.3 How much can be saved?
• 2 Case Studies
  • 2.1 Ballen-Brundby District Heating Plant
  • 2.2 Nordby-Maarup District Heating Plant
  • 2.3 Paludans Flak Wind Turbine
  • 2.4 Ground Heat in a Private House
  • 2.5 Energy Efficiency in a Home
• 3 Electricity
  • 3.1 Who can save where?
  • 3.2 KW and KWH
  • 3.3 Degree days
  • 3.4 Average apartment energy consumption
  • 3.5 Average household energy consumption
  • 3.6 Light source lifetime
  • 3.7 Standby loss factor
  • 3.8 Which appliances are the most expensive to run?
  • 3.9 Price of a kWh
  • 3.10 Watt-hour meter
  • 3.11 Ways to save electricity
• 4 Heating
  • 4.1 Heating Consumption
  • 4.2 Average apartment heating consumption
  • 4.3 Average single home heating consumption
  • 4.4 Energy costs and heating methods
  • 4.5 Thermostat controlled radiators
  • 4.6 Calculating in KWh
  • 4.7 Heat source efficiency
  • 4.8 Energy content
  • 4.9 Household savings of CO2
  • 4.10 Ways to save heating
• 5 Water
  • 5.1 Water Consumption
  • 5.2 Average apartment water consumption
  • 5.3 Average single home water consumption
  • 5.4 Ways to save water
• 6 EU projects
  • 6.1 BIORES
  • 6.2 Cradle to Cradle Islands
  • 6.3 Energy Ambassadors
  • 6.4 INRES
  • 6.5 ISLE-PACT
  • 6.6 BioMob
• 7 Ambassador Checklist
  • 7.1 General savings advice
  • 7.2 Saving suggestions
  • 7.3 Energy Ambassador Form
  • 7.4 Average savings
  • 7.5 Consumption
• 8 Appendix
  • 8.1 Economics
    • 8.1.1 Cash flow
    • 8.1.2 Net present value
    • 8.1.3 Internal rate of return
    • 8.1.4 Economic Appraisal
      • 8.1.4.1 Overview
      • 8.1.4.2 Simple Investment Stream
      • 8.1.4.3 Pay-off period rate of return
      • 8.1.4.4 Average rate of return
      • 8.1.4.5 NPV
      • 8.1.4.6 Conclusion
    • 8.1.5 Case of Ballen-Brundby District Heating Plant
      • 8.1.5.1 Introduction to Cost Benefit Analysis
      • 8.1.5.2 Overview of the Economic Feasibility
      • 8.1.5.3 Composition of heating demand in the area
      • 8.1.5.4 Costs in the Reference Scenario
        • 8.1.5.4.1 Reference scenario heating costs
        • 8.1.5.4.2 Other reference scenario costs
        • 8.1.5.4.3 Total reference scenario heating costs
      • 8.1.5.5 Costs in the Project Scenario
        • 8.1.5.5.1 Project scenario heating costs
        • 8.1.5.5.2 Non-monetized costs
        • 8.1.5.5.3 Total project scenario heating costs
      • 8.1.5.6 Cost Comparison
      • 8.1.5.7 NPV of the Ballen-Brundby Plant
      • 8.1.5.8 Critique of the above CBA
  • 8.2 Library