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Brent Gloy
Department of Applied Economics and Management
Cornell University
March 2008
The following worksheets itemize the inputs that you will need to conduct an economic
assessment of your biogas project. The inputs are designed for use with two Microsoft
Excel spreadsheets. The spreadsheets are available on the Cornell Manure Management
website: www.manuremanagement.cornell.edu/ and the Cornell Program on Agriculture
and Small Business Finance website: www.agfinance.aem.cornell.edu/.
The inputs are used to create pro-forma financial statements for the biogas project and
conduct a discounted cash flow analysis of the project. A basic understanding of
financial concepts is required to understand and interpret the outputs of the spreadsheets.
These tools should only be used for an initial analysis of a biogas project. A more
thorough analysis is required to establish the expected profitability of the project.
Two tools have been developed. The first tool is designed for use with FarmWare 3.1
which was developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and
available for free download at: www.epa.gov/agstar/resources/handbook.html. This
analysis uses the outputs of FarmWare 3.1 to conduct a financial analysis. This
worksheet does not guide the user through the inputs required to conduct a FarmWare
assessment.
The second tool allows the user to input more detailed information about their specific
anaerobic digestion project. The tool requires that the user possess information about the
capital and operating costs for the project. It utilizes a variety of assumptions to create
estimates of the biogas and electrical generation potential of the project. Users should
carefully consider the validity of the assumptions utilized in the assessment before
making investment decisions. In other words, these tools should be used with caution
and no warranty is made regarding the validity of outputs obtained and decisions made
based upon the model. The assessment does not consider the impact of any taxes that
may be generated or saved by the project. These values may significantly alter the
profitability of the project. The spreadsheets do not currently consider inflation or allow
for changing prices over time. These assumptions can be modified with modest
alterations to the spreadsheets.
In both spreadsheets users should be careful to enter parameter values that correspond to
the units listed in the spreadsheet. The spreadsheet will not identify inappropriate units
or entries that are unrealistic.
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Base Assumptions
Lactating Cows 800
Dry Cows 200
Total Cows 1000
RESULTS
NPV zero Terminal Value -$180,014
NPV with Terminal Value $90,767
IRR on all capital zero terminal value 4%
IRR with Terminal Value 12%
Base Assumptions
Lactating Cows 800
Dry Cows 200
Total Cows 1000
Grants
NYSERDA Capacity $70,706
Other Grants 0
Total Grants $70,706
Milking Animals
pounds of manure per cow/day 150.00
volatile solids content % 11.33%
Solid conversion to biogas 30%
CF of biogas per lb VS converted 16
btu's per cf of biogas 625
btu's per cow per day 51,000
dry cows
pounds of manure per cow/day 83.00
volatile solids content % 11.08%
Solid conversion to biogas 30%
CF of biogas per lb VS converted 16
btu's per cf of biogas $ 625
btu's per cow per day 27,600
Other Wastes
Tipping Fees net of disposal costs per ton $0.00
Tons per day -
volatile solids content % 40%
Solid conversion to biogas 30%
CF of biogas per lb VS converted 16 Value of 1MMBTU ($'s)
btu's per cf of biogas 625 Value per ton
btu's per day -
Total BTU's/Year -
Total Tons of Waste treated per year -
Lactating Cows
Total Manure and Nutrients Generated by Dairy Project
per cow per day per cow/year
Total Manure lbs 150.00 54,750
tons 0.08 27.38
gallons 18.07 6,596
Source:
ASAE D384.2 Mar2005 Manure Production and Characteristics
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Dry Cows
Total Manure and Nutrients Generated by Dairy Project
daily operation annual operation per cow pe per cow/year
120,000 43,800,000 Total Manure lbs 83.00 30,295
60 21,900 tons 0.04 15.15
14,458 5,277,108 gallons 10.00 3,650
2,200 803,000
1 401
1,840 671,600
1 336
100 36,500
0 18
13 4,818
0 2
66 24,090
0 12
Year 2008 2009
MMBTUs per year 16,907 16,907
btus per kWh 3,412 3,412
Thermal conversion efficiency 25% 25%
Daily online percent 90% 0.9
kWhs possible daily 3,394 3,394
Generator Capacity kW 141 141
Generator capacity kW/h 141 141
Energy generation kWh / year 1,114,897 1,114,897
Carbon Credits
Lbs of CH4 per cf of methane 0.04246
Metric Tons of CH4 per year 326
GHG Factor for Methane 21.00
2 2 2 2 2 2
4,170 4,170 4,170 4,170 4,170 4,170
$ 8,340 $ 8,340 $ 8,340 $ 8,340 $ 8,340 $ 8,340
in CCX materials
less separating before entry to traditional system, otheriwse use 80%
2016 2017
16,907 16,907
3,412 3,412
25% 25%
0.9 0.9
3,394 3,394
141 141
141 141
1,114,897 1,114,897
850,000 850,000
54,750 54,750
904,750 904,750
1,114,897 1,114,897
210,147 210,147
0.1200 0.1200
0.0700 0.0700
850,000 850,000
210,147 210,147
$102,000 $102,000
$14,710 $14,710
0 0
$0 $0
2 2
4,170 4,170
$ 8,340 $ 8,340
CAN USE % OF CAPITAL OR BREAK OUT
Selling Expenses
Interconnect Charges
Total Selling Exp. $0 $0 $0 $0
Operating Expenses
Grant -$70,706
O&M $47,013 $47,013 $47,013 $47,013
property taxes $0 $0 $0 $0
Insurance $0 $0 $0 $0
Office $0 $0 $0 $0
Oil and Fuel $0 $0 $0 $0
Accounting and Legal $0 $0 $0 $0
Labor $0 $0 $0 $0
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
PPE
Land - - - -
Plant and Equip 940,250 940,250 940,250 940,250
accum. Deprec. (69,244) (192,807) (290,452)
Net Land and Equip 940,250 $871,006 $747,443 $649,798
Current Liab
Accts Payable 3,220 3,220 3,220
Equity
Paid in Capital 328,197 328,197 328,197 328,197
Accumulated Earnings 127,238 132,084 165,695
- - - - - - -
940,250 940,250 940,250 940,250 940,250 940,250 940,250
(368,887) (432,976) (494,388) (553,380) (595,699) (623,266) (650,827)
$571,363 $507,274 $445,862 $386,870 $344,551 $316,984 $289,423
$78,434
Less Increases in WC
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