Operating & Maintenance Costs

See also: Analysis View, Transformation Analysis, Cost Calculations

Note: Cost data is shown only if the Cost check box is checked in the Module Properties screen and if costs are enabled on the Scope tab of the Settings screen.

You can enter both fixed and variableData that can change over time. operating and maintenance (O&M) costs. Fixed O&M costs are incurred regardless of the energy produced by a process, and are entered per unit of capacity (e.g. per MW). Variable O&M costs are entered per unit of energy outputs, inputs or losses. Note that if a moduleA Transformation branch representing an energy industry or sector, such as electricity generation, oil refining, district heating, charcoal production, or electricity transmission and distribution does not contain capacity data, then you will only be able to enter variable O&M costs to represent the combined annualized capital and O&M costs of each process.