Wale Aboyade's thesis - lumes
Wale Aboyade's thesis - lumes
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Akinwale Aboyade, LUMES Thesis, 2003/2004<br />
by electricity produced from the project (UNFCCC 2004b). Such emissions are not considered in this<br />
study.<br />
4.2 Assessment of Economic Viability<br />
The economic viability of the proposed project is governed by policies in three different sectors; the<br />
MSW, energy and climate or emissions trading sectors. MSW policy and practices especially<br />
regarding, MSW collection efficiencies, choice of disposal method and so on are crucial to the waste<br />
stream which in turn forms the resource for LFG and electricity production. Energy policies relevant to<br />
the electricity prices and the level of regulation of electricity sales will to a large extent will ascertain<br />
how much income is to be expected from electricity generated from the site. Furthermore, the existence<br />
or not of a climate policy is important to determine if CER’s can be sold as. For instance CDM<br />
regulations require that parties must have ratified the Kyoto protocol and set up DNAs in order to take<br />
part in its emissions market. Some of these issues as they affect the viability of the proposed LFGTE<br />
projects and their interactions are represented in the CLD below.<br />
CH4<br />
emissions<br />
0<br />
+<br />
electricity generation<br />
capacity 0<br />
+<br />
eletricity. price<br />
Cost of funds e.g<br />
discount and interest<br />
rates<br />
+<br />
Project +<br />
+<br />
viability<br />
+ +<br />
(NPV, IRR)<br />
Total costs 0 0<br />
Revenues 0<br />
+<br />
-<br />
+<br />
CER. price<br />
taxes 0<br />
+<br />
Figure 4.9 CLD of financial viability of project<br />
Economic viability as measured by NPV and IRR 1 is a direct consequence of the costs associated with<br />
the project and revenues accruing to it; all other factors that affect the projects viability could be said to<br />
e.g electricity price, CER price, interest rates and viability feed in through these two components.<br />
1 NPV –Net present Value and IRR – Internal Rate of Return. NPV is the discounted net income of the project over time<br />
and represents the financial value of created by the project. IRR is the discount rate when NPV = 0 and usually depicts the<br />
lowest discount rate at which the project will be viable (Barish, 1962)<br />
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