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. 2020 Mar;300:122666. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122666

Table 3.

Financial assumptions for TEA.

Item Value
Project start 2019
Project length (year) 15
Plant depreciation schedule Proportional
Depreciation period (year) Half of project length
Debt ratio 0.4
Equity ratio 0.6
Cost of debt 0.08
Cost of equity 0.15
Overall hurdle rate 12.2%
Inflation 2%
Construction time (year) 2
% of FC spent in year 1 30
% of FC spent in year 2 70
Startup time (year) 1
% of FCOP during startup 100
% of VCOP during startup 50
% of VCOP during startup 50
Plant salvage value 0
Corporate tax 19%