TechnologyFinancialData

Package: PowerInvestmentsOpenAPIModels · Source: Investments/Financials/TechnologyFinancialData.json

Financial data for a candidate technology: the capital recovery period used to derive overnight capital cost from annualized investment cost, the dollar-year its cost data is reported in, and the debt fraction, debt rate, return on equity, and tax rate that together set its cost of capital.

Properties

Property	Type	Required	Unit	Description
capital_recovery_period	integer	yes	yr	Period over which capital costs are recovered for net present value calculations. Units: yr.
technology_base_year	integer	yes	—	Base year for technology cost data used in NPV calculations.
debt_fraction	number	yes	1	Fraction of capital costs financed through debt. Units: 1.
debt_rate	number	yes	1	Interest rate on debt financing. Units: 1.
return_on_equity	number	yes	1	Required rate of return on equity financing. Units: 1.
tax_rate	number	yes	1	Tax rate applied to equity returns. Units: 1.