Request can we add the levelised cost of energy as KPI

[RonaldBerk]

Can we calculate the price or cost per unit of heat delivered based on CAPEX and OPEX over a period of 30 years in €/GJ.
This KPI is useful to decide if the chosen infrastructure is economically feasible.

[ewoudwerkman]

That is ofcourse possible, question for me is if this is something the optimizer will calculate this or some other component. And is it always 30 years, or sometimes another time horizon?

[jarsarasty]

Hi @RonaldBerk ,

As discussed in our meeting last week, to account for the different technical life durations of the assets, the levelized cost of heat could be calculated using the discount rate and the technical life of each specific asset. A default value of 30 years could be used for the technical life. Do you have any suggestions for the default discount rate?

Could you please confirm the types of assets for which you would like to see this KPI?

[ewoudwerkman]

Assets have an attribute called 'technicalLifetime' (in years), so this could be uses as input for the LCOE calculation. This must be manually filled in by the user for each asset in case a 30 year default lifetime is not correct for that specific asset.

[jarsarasty]

Thanks for the clarification, @ewoudwerkman!

[jarsarasty]

Hi @RonaldBerk
Based on this discussion, a feature request has been created.