HOW TO MODEL A WIND OFFSHORE COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE (CAES) POWER PLANT (3,605 $/kW cost, 50% NCF, 8.41 PHP/kWh, 16.44% p.a. EIRR)
ADV Wind Offshore CAES power plant model (rev. 4)2
UPDATED Nov 3, 2023
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Here are the minimal starting inputs to develop your initial model, for further refinements as your study gets more up to date data:
Blue inputs at the Inputs & Assumptions worksheet or tab:
Hours per year = 24 * 365 = 8760 hours/year
Construction period (cell C8) = 2 years x 12 = 24 months
Operating period (cell C9) = 30 years (economic life)
Years from base year CPI for FIT / Tariff (cell C10) = ROUND(C8 / 12,0) = 2
Years from base year CPI for CAPEX (cell C11) = 0
Years from base year CPI for OPEX (cell C12) = 0
Base year CPI & Forex for FiT (cell C45) = 2022
Base year CPI for CAPEX (cell C46) = 2023
Base year CPI for OPEX (cell C47) = 2023
Commercial Operating Date COD (cell C48) = C10 + C11 + C46 = 2 + 0 + 2023 = 2025
Unit plant capacity (cell F5) = 1.500 MW/unit
No. of units (cell F6) = 20 units
Gross capacity (cell F7) = =F5 * F6 = 1.500 x 20 units = 30.000 MW
Target net capacity factor (cell F11) = % availability x % load factor x (1 - % own use)
= F8 * F9 * (1 - F10) =54.26% x 95% x (1 – 3%) = 50.00%
Net Electrical Output (MWh in 1st year) (cell F12) = F7 * F11 * C5= 30.000 x 50% x 8760
= 131,400MWh/year
Plant capacity degradation rate (cell F13) = 0.2% per year
Capital cost buildup inputs and % Local Cost (LC) composition:
?Plant Degradation, % p.a. (1-20 yrs)0.2%% LC?Land cost, $000$28.30100.0%?Equipment Cost ex BOP, Transport ($000/MW)$1,920.6510.0%?Insurance, Ocean Freight, Local Transport, % of Equipment Cost10.0%100.0%?Balance of Plant (BOP), % of Equipment Cost31.0%60.0%?Transmission Line Distance (km)15.00??T/L Cost per km, 69 kV ($000/km)$84.00100.0%?Switchyard & Transformers ($000)$145.00100.0%?Access Roads ($000/km)$50.00100.0%?Distance of Access Road (km)15.00??Dev't & Other Costs (land, permits, etc.) (% of EPC)2.0%100.0%?VAT on importation (70% recoverable)12%100.0%?Customs Duty0%100.0%?Initial Working Capital (% of EPC)1.0%100.0%?Contingency (% of Total Cost)7.5%37.0%
Target all-in capital cost (cell T34) = 3,605 $/kW (determined from goal seek with fuel cost zero with an initial tariff estimate for CAPEX recovery
Total capital cost (cell W34) = 3,605 x 30.000 x 1,000 = 108,150 USD
Target fixed O&M (cell X39) = 3% p.a. of total capital cost = 3% x 108,150USD / (30.000 x 1,000 kW) = 108.15 USD/kW/year
Target variable O&M (cell X40) = 1% p.a. of total capital cost = 1% x 108,150USD / (97,236MWh) = 8.23 USD/MWh
Target fixed G&A (general and admin costs, cell X37) = (50,000 / 53 USD/month) x 1.30 fringe x 13 months/year x 10 engineers = 159.43 ‘000 USD/year
The yellow items below do not apply to non-thermal energy system:
Biomass fuel cost (cell F67) =1,2994 / 53 / 1000 = 0.02452 USD/kg
Biomass fuel energy to electricity efficiency (cell F57) = 3,412 / 13,500 = 25.68 % GHV
Plant heat rate (cell F61) = 13,500 Btu/kWh
GHV of biomass fuel (cell F53) = 5,198 Btu/lb Biomass
Lube consumption (cell F69) = 5.4 g/kWh
Density of lube oil (cell F68) = 0.98 kg/L
Lube oil rate (cell F70) = (5.4 /1000) / (0.98 kg/L) = 0.0055 L/kWh
Lube oil cost (cell F71) = 200 / 53.00 = 3.7736 USD/L
Capital structure:
Target IRR (cell J23) = 16.44% p.a.
Debt (cell J18) = 70% with 16.44% p.a. target IRR
Equity (cell J24) = 100% – 70% = 30% equity with 16.44% p.a. target IRR
70% debt with:
Target local component or local debt (cell G27) = 37.0%
37% local debt = 10% p.a. interest (cell J12), 10 years term (cell J13),
63% foreign debt (cell J7) = 100% - 37% = 63% at 8% p.a. interest (cell J14), 10 years term (cell J15)
Local and foreign upfront financing fees (cell J10) = 2.0% one time
Local and foreign commitment fees (cell J11) = 0.50% p.a. on undrawn loan
Local and foreign loan grace period (cell J16) = 6 months
Local and foreign loan debt service reserve (DSR) (cell J17) = 6 months
Depreciation rate = 1 / economic life = 1 / 30 per year
Days receivables (cell F48) = 30 days
Days payables (cell G48) = 30 days
Days fuel inventory (cell G50) = 60 days
Refurbishment (overhaul cost) = 10% of original cost (cell F39), on the 15th year (cell F40)
Salvage value (cell F35) = 10% of original cost
With Board of Investments (BOI) incentives tax regime (1 = none, 2 = BOI, 3 = PEZA):
= 2 (cell F51) with BOI incentives
With and without Input VAT = 0 (cell F52) no input / output VAT (for RE)
Income tax holiday (ITH) (cell J33) = 7 years (for RE)
Income tax rate after ITH (cell J34) = 10% of taxable income (for RE)
Property tax rate from COD for fossil fuel = 1.5% (cell J35) of 80% (cell J36) valuation of net book value (NBV) of properties (equipment, building), land is not depreciated while equipment and building are depreciated (for RE)
VAT on imported equipment = 12% (cell F24) (70%) cell F49) of which is recoverable on the 5th year (F50) (for RE)
Customs Duty on imported equipment (cell F25) = 0% (for RE)
Recovery rate of VAT =70% (cell F49) on 5th (F50) year after COD
LGU tax = 1% (cell J37) of last year's revenues
Gov't share (for RE projects) = 1% (cell J38) (0% for fossil and non-RE projects,1% for RE)
ER 1-94 contribution = 0.01 / 53.00 = 0.0002 USD/kWh sold (cell J39)
Withholding tax on interest (foreign currency) = 10% (cell J40)
Gross receipts tax on interest (local currency) = 5% (cell J41)
Documentary tax = 0.5% (cell J42) – not used
PEZA incentives = 0% (cell J43) – none since no incentives
Royalty = 0% (cell J44) – not used
Currency used = USD (cell J45)
Based Foreign Exchange Rate = 1.00 USD/USD (cell J46)
Forward Fixed Exchange Rate = 1.00 USD/USD (cell J47)
Inflation Rate:
Base Local CPI (2022) = 160.00 (cell J48) – not used
Local CPI = 0.0% p.a. (OPEX) (cell J49) = 4.00 % p.a. (CAPEX) (cell L49)
Foreign CPI = 0.0% p.a. (OPEX) (cell J50) = 2.0% p.a. (CAPEX) (cell L50)
Annual depreciation rate (cell J51) = (1 + J49) / (1 +J50) – 1 = 0.0% p.a. (no inflation local OPEX)
With the above information and using the Discounted Cash Flow Internal Rate of Return (DCFIRR) method, you can determine the equity and project returns (IRR, NPV, PAYBACK, DSCR) and all financial ratios, show income and expense statement, balance sheet and cash flow.
Following are the results for Deterministic model:
% Local Component (funded by local debt) = 36.86% (cell J5)
% Foreign Component (funded by foreign debt) = 63.14% (cell J6)
Capital cost buildup results: (table found in the doc file):
?Plant Degradation, % p.a. (1-20 yrs)0.2%% LC?Land cost, $000$28.30100.0%?Equipment Cost ex BOP, Transport ($000/MW)$1,920.6510.0%?Insurance, Ocean Freight, Local Transport, % of Equipment Cost10.0%100.0%?Balance of Plant (BOP), % of Equipment Cost31.0%60.0%?Transmission Line Distance (km)15.00??T/L Cost per km, 69 kV ($000/km)$84.00100.0%?Switchyard & Transformers ($000)$145.00100.0%?Access Roads ($000/km)$50.00100.0%?Distance of Access Road (km)15.00??Dev't & Other Costs (land, permits, etc.) (% of EPC)2.0%100.0%?VAT on importation (70% recoverable)12%100.0%?Customs Duty0%100.0%?Initial Working Capital (% of EPC)1.0%100.0%?Contingency (% of Total Cost)7.5%37.0%
First year tariff (LCOE, LRMC) to hit target equity IRR = 0.15876 USD/kWh (cell O26)
Levelized tariff (NPV of asset value / NPV of generation), discounted at pre-tax WACC
= 0.1343 USD/kWh (cell G34)
SRMC = 0.00602 USD/kWh (cell O26)
LRMC = 0.15876 USD/kWh (cell F30, O27) x 53.00 = 8.41 PHP/kWh (cell F28)
Duration of FIT or tariff contract (cell F31) = 20 years
Tariff after FIT or tariff contract year (cell F32) = 5 / 53.00 = 0.0943 USD/kWh
Pre-tax WACC = J30/(1-J34) = 11.16% p.a.
After-tax WACC =J12 * (1- J34) * (J18-J7) + J14 * (1-J34) * J7 + J26 * J24 = 10.04% p.a.
WACC = =(J6*J12+J7*J14) *J18+J23*J24 = 11.05% p.a.
Equity IRR = 16.44% p.a. (cell G30)
Equity NPV = 0.0 (cell G28)
Equity PAYBACK = 7.80 years (cell C50)
Project IRR = 13.03% p.a. (cell G32)
Project NPV = -16.694 ‘000 USD (cell G33)
Project PAYBACK = 6.47 years (cell C51)
Debt Service Cover Ratio (DSCR) min = 1.12 (cell L43)
Debt Service Cover Ratio (DSCR) ave = 1.52 (cell L44)
Debt Service Cover Ratio (DSCR) max = 2.17 (cell L45)
Benefits to Cost (B/C) Ratio, discounted at pre-tax WACC = 0.807 (cell Ll47)
Financial Ratios (liquidity ratios, solvency ratios, efficiency ratios, profitability ratios, market prospect ratios) = see bottom of the Financials worksheet)
How to run the deterministic models:
Update first the blue inputs
Calibrate the model to meet the targets (run macro 2, ctrl + f):
View the results:
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