Chapter 1: formulas

Demand 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒎 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝑾𝒎𝒂𝒙

𝒅𝒆𝒎 = =
factor 𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝑾𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏

Load 𝑨𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒌𝑾𝒉(𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆)
factor 𝒎= =
𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕′ 𝒔 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒌𝑾𝒎𝒂𝒙 × 𝟖𝟕𝟔𝟎𝒉𝒓𝒔

Capacity 𝑨𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒍

𝒏=
factor 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕′ 𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚
𝒌𝑾𝒉(𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏)
=
𝒌𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕. × 𝟖𝟕𝟔𝟎𝒉𝒓𝒔

𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 = 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 − 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓

Reserve 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒌𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕. 𝒎

𝒓= = =
factor 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒐𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒎 𝒅𝒆𝒎. 𝒌𝑾𝒎𝒂𝒙 𝒏

Use 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒌𝑾𝒉 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒌𝑾𝒉𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅

factor 𝒖= =
𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 × 𝒏𝒐. 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒓𝒔 𝒌𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 × 𝟖𝟕𝟔𝟎𝒉𝒓𝒔

Diversity 𝑺𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒔 𝒂 + 𝒃 + 𝒄

𝑫𝒊𝒗. = =
factor 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎′ 𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒅

Total 𝑖+𝐷+𝑇
𝐶𝑇 = × 𝐶𝑐 + (𝑊 + 𝑅 + 𝑀) + 𝐶𝑓
annual 100
costs
Annual 𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑥
𝑘𝑊ℎ𝑛𝑒𝑡 = 𝑘𝑊𝑖𝑠𝑛𝑡 × 8760 × (1 − )×𝑛
electricity 100
generated
Straight 𝐷=
𝐴−𝐺
𝑛
line
method
Sinking 𝑖
𝑃 = (𝐼𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 − 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒) ×
fund (1 + 𝑖)𝑛 − 1
factor
method