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Overnight Capital Costs: Construction
Table A2.12 – Hydro plant investment cost coverage
AUT CZE DEU GRC H1 GRC H2 JPN SVK BGR ZAF
Small Small Small Small Large Large Small Large Large
Direct costs
- Site preparation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
- Civil work ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
- Material, equipment & manpower ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Indirect costs
- Design, engineering & supervision ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
- Provisional equipment & operation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
- Worksite administrative expenses ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Owner’s costs
- General administration ✔ x x ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
- Pre-operation ✔ ✔ x ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
- R&D (plant specific) ✔ x x x x x ✔ ✔ x
- Spare parts ✔ ✔ x ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
- Site selection, acquisition, licensing & public relations ✔ ✔ x x ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
- Grid connection ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ x x ✔ ✔ x
- Taxes (local/regional, plant specific) ✔ ✔ x x x x ✔ ✔ x
Others
- Major refurbishment x ✔ 1 x x x x x ns x
- Decommissioning x x x x x x x ns x
- Credits x x x ✔ x x x ns x
- Contingency x x x ✔ 2 x x ✔ ns x
- Miscellaneous ns x ns ns ns ns ns ns x
Notes:
1. Replacement of most stressed parts according to their lifetime.
2. On base construction only.
Table A2.13 – Hydro plant O&M cost coverage
AUT CZE DEU GRC H1 GRC H2 JPN SVK BGR ZAF
Small Small Small Small Large Large Small Large Large
Operation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Maintenance (materials, manpower, services) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Engineering support staff ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Administration ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
General expenses of central services (outside the site) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Taxes & duties (plant specific) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ x x x ✔ ✔
Insurance (plant specific) ✔ x ✔ ✔ x ✔ x ✔ ✔
Major refurbishment x x x x x x ✔ ns ✔
Site leasing payments ✔ ✔ ✔ x ✔ x ✔ ✔ x
Water rentals ✔ ✔ ✔ x x ✔ x ✔ x
Credits x x x x ns x x ns x
Others ns x ns ns x x x ns x
Abbreviations: ✔ = included x = excluded ns = not specified
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