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Solar energy system economic evaluation. Final report for Fern Tunkhannock, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1980.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 98 : digital, PDF file
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United States. Department of Energy, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The economic analysis of the solar energy system that was installed at Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania is developed for this and four other sites typical of a wide range of environmental and economic conditions in the continental United States. This analysis is accomplished based on the technical and economic models in the f-chart design procedure with inputs based on the characteristics of the installed parameters of present worth of system cost over a projected twenty year life: life cycle savings, year of positive savings and year of payback for the optimized solar energy system at each of the analysis sites. The sensitivity of the economic evaluation to uncertainties in constituent system and economic variables is also investigated. Although budget constraints preclude an economic reevaluation of each of the sites, a similar site, Carlsbad, New Mexico, was done. When 1985 escalated values for fuel, costs, mass production, and improved design installation techniques were applied, a significantly higher degree of savings was realized. Similar results could be expected for the site in this report.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:doe/nasa/cr--161723
E 1.99: nasa/cr--161723
nasa/cr--161723
doe/nasa/cr--161723
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Published through SciTech Connect.
09/01/1980.
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IBM Federal Systems Div., Huntsville, AL (USA)
Funding Information
AI01-76CS31037
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