NatLabRockies / NatLabRockies/SAM

Remove Construction Financing UI page from LCOE / LCOH configurations

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Since Dec 5, 2023.

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Description

Some IPH models have an Installation Costs page for LCOH configurations

  • IPH MSPT
  • IPH MSLF

Some CSP and IPH models have Installation Costs for No Financial configurations:

  • CSP MSPT
  • IPH MSPT
  • IPH MSLF

These cost inputs are required by some IPH/CSP performance models in SSC, so must be provided for LCOE/H and No Financial configurations.

However, these also include a Construction Financing input page, which creates a potential conflict/confusion with the construction cost input on the Financial Parameters page for the Fixed Charge Rate (FCR) Method (LCOE/H Calculator). Consider removing Construction Costs page if it is not needed by the performance models.

Example .sam files: construction-financing-files.zip

(In the future, we may want to add an Installation Costs to all LCOE/H Calculator configurations to allow users to use more detailed cost categories than the single "Total Capital Cost" input to the FCR model.)

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