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50% discount on my project finance models for power and energy – Extended till July 31, 2011

50% discount on my project finance models for power and energy – Extended till July 31, 2011
Due to interest of readers and project developers and project finance modelers, I am extending the 50% discount period till July 31, 2011. Hurry up now and order and purchase my power generation data, levelized cost of energy models, and project finance models for calculating feed-in tariff for renewable energy and for calculating the economics of conventional fossil and non-fossil power generation technologies.

Your energy technology expert and business development consultant is calling on his co-experts to invest now in his state-of-the-art project finance models and renewable energy prospecting models for calculating annual capacity factor and its transient impact on grid power.

Hurry up now. The 50% discount offer is valid only up to July 31, 2011 at midnight Manila time. More »

Last day for 50% discount on my state-of-the-art project finance models

Last day for 50% discount on my state-of-the-art project finance models

June 30, 2011 midnight is the last chance for availing of the 50% discount on my state-of-the-art project finance models.

After this date, come July 1, 2011, the prices will revert to the old regular price found in the ENERGY DATA page of my website.

So avail of the discount now. Don’t dilly dally. Jump start your energy technology selection and business development consultancy service career and be the best in your field.

Regards,

Marcial

How to calculate the feed-in tariff for renewable electricity – assumptions

How to calculate the feed-in tariff for renewable electricity – assumptions

Your energy technology expert would like to share with its readers the basic assumptions in calculating the feed-in tariff using a project finance model that calculates the first year tariff (also the feed-in tariff) that will provide the minimum returns for the equity investors.

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Fears of price spike due to renewable energy feed-in tariff allayed

Thursday, May 19, 2011 – Manila, Philippines

Fears of price spike due to renewable energy feed-in tariff allayed

BY JOHN LOURENZE POQUIZ

The National Renewable Energy Board yesterday allayed fears of a spike in power rates with the tapping of renewable energy, saying the added cost will only be about 12.57 centavos per kilowatt-hour. (MTO: but will be blended at 3% to the grid’s 97%)

In its proposed feed-in tariff (FIT) rates submitted to the Energy Regulatory Commission, the NREB pegged the rates at P6.15 per kWh for hydro, P7 for biomass, P10.37 for wind, P17.65 for ocean energy, and P17.95 for solar.

This gives an arithmetic average of P11.82 per kWh (weighted average is P8.8939 per kWh). More »

50% Discount on Renewable Energy Project Finance Models – Order Now

50% Discount on Renewable Energy Project Finance Models – Order Now

This June 2011, your favorite energy technology expert is offering its highly successful project finance models for renewable energy and power generation technologies for determining the first year tariff to meet equity returns of the investor (DCF IRR) which could be compared with the regulator’s feed-in tariff (FiT).

Jump start your consultancy career and make quality feasibility studies for renewable energy resource assessment that determines the annual capacity factor of intermittent renewable energy resources, which is then fed into the project finance models for RE technologies such as biomass combution, biomass gasification, solar PV and solar thermal, wind energy, mini-hydro, large hydro, geothermal, ocean wave, ocean current, tidal and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC).

The oil and gas resources going to be depleted in our lifetime and nuclear energy having safety issues, the world has to turn to the immense renewable energy resources of the earth.

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Renewable Energy Prospecting Tools and Modeling – now available

Renewable Energy Prospecting Tools and Modeling – now available

With the recent Fukushima nuclear power plant partial meltdown, the world is now aware of the need towards developing alternative and cleaner, safer and renewable energy to supply the energy and power needs of the world. And to assist in facilitating renewable energy development, there is now a need for precise, easy-to-use renewable energy prospecting tools and using its output to assess the energy potential and the cost of its electricity output.

The energy technology expert has now expanded the usefulness of renewable energy prospecting tools such as the 3-TIER service provider (solar, wind and hydro).

Given the geographical location by specifying its coordinates (latitude and longitude), the 3-TIER provides the annual average wind speed, wind direction (wind rose), wind speed profile (wind speed vs time of year), and wind speed distribution (Weibull chart and constants).

To enhance the value of the 3-TIER outputs, the expert has now in place a wind energy assessment model that takes input data from wind prospecting tools such as 3-TIER that provides at any latitude and longitude and hub height (30, 50, 80 meters) determined from Google Earth or plain maps.  The user of 3-TIER can generate and synthesize wind mast and monitoring data on wind, solar and hydro). It uses the daily average at certain times of the year (mid-month at day 15 and end of month at day 30) and interpolates the other days (day 1-14, day 16-29). More »

New Simplified Calculation Procedure for Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and Feed-in Tariff

New Simplified Calculation Procedure for Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and Feed-in Tariff

As part of the on-going technical preparations for the proposed mini-conference on the Mindanao Power Crisis this coming late August or early September 2010 and the main conference on “Energy & Climate Change”, the workshop coordinator, Mr. Marcial T. Ocampo, has prepared the simplified calculation procedure for calculating the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and levelized selling price (tariff) for conventional and renewable energy resources.

The result of the simplified formulas using the US NREL formula for generation cost and the RP MTO formula for selling price were compared with the results from a full-blown project finance model and the variance between the two methods were minimal in most of the power generation technologies analyzed.

The input data came from the IEPR research summary of 2007 and from internationally published data on power generation technology by noted experts such as Paul Breeze and yours truly, Marcial Ocampo. More »

How to Optimize Power Plant Design and Configuration (technology, capacity, efficiency, location)

How to Optimize Power Plant Design and Configuration (technology, capacity, efficiency, location) – see download file for input data

Optimizing the overall project concept during the plant feasibility study and detailed engineering study is a common problem faced by project developers and EPC contractors.  The question commonly asked by project owners from project developers and designers are:

(1) What engine/manufacturer should be considered (e.g. Siemens, Westinghouse, General Electric, Mitsubishi, Alstom, etc)? More »

Mini-Hydro Power Feed-In Tariff, Levelized Generation Cost and Financial Model with CDM Carbon Credits

Mini-Hydro Power Feed-In Tariff, Levelized Generation Cost and Financial Model with CDM Carbon Credits

The following is a snippet of my state-of-the-art project finance model for calculating feed-in tariff, levelized cost of energy, and financial model (generation, fuel requirement, income statement, cash flow statement, balance sheet and financial ratios).  To secure a copy of the spreadsheet, click the ENERGY DATA page for arrangements.

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How to predict early safe release of dam water – 2nd comment from Philippine Star Federico Pascual

FYI… Postscript for Thursday, Oct. 18,

quotes Mr. M. Ocampo.

POSTSCRIPT/ PhilSTAR/ Oct. 15, 2009/ Thursday

By Federico D. Pascual Jr.

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UNSTEADY HAND: In the Senate, one listens in horror to the testimony of dam managers and executives of the National Power Corp., upon whose judgment rests the crucial decision of when and how to release impounded water from the dams.

Their unsteady hand is poised on the lever that could unleash death and destruction on communities downstream — as had happened in the recent flooding in Central and Northern Luzon that killed hundreds and destroyed properties worth billions of pesos.

Their testimony and buck-passing gave the impression they think that dam water is released only when the reservoir is dangerously full, and that that is done mainly to save the structure from collapse. More »

How to predict early safe release of dam water – reaction from Philippine Star Columnist Federico Pascual

FYI… Postscript for Thursday, Oct. 15, quotes Mr. M. Ocampo.

POSTSCRIPT/ PhilSTAR/ Oct. 15, 2009/ Thursday

By Federico D. Pascual Jr.

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DAM FIASCO: Some managers of dams in Luzon may have thought that impounded water should be released only when it is about to reach a critical level, or that point when it will overflow by itself or might damage the dam if the pressure is not relieved soon enough.

Some experts think, however, that it is better to release gradually small volumes of water BEFORE the spilling point is reached instead of letting loose all the excess water in one deluge when the dam is full.

A post-mortem of water-release data indicates that the fast and massive flooding that hit communities downstream could have resulted from misconceptions of some dam managers.

It has been days that energy technologist Marcial Ocampo, former executive director of the PCIERD-DOST, called our attention to this, but we ignored his thesis because it was loaded with formulas and equations that we laymen cannot follow. More »

How to predict early dam water release – the key to minimizing flooding during typhoons

How to predict early dam water release – the key to minimizing flooding during typhoons

The Philippines is in the news around the world today.  CNN, local media ABS-CBN and other international and local news media reported that five (5) major hydro dams have released water at the onset of Typhoon “Ondoy”, and after a lull, did some pre-emptive release again in anticipation of a new Typhoon “Pepeng”, only to be overwhelmed again with the return of Typhoon “Ondoy” as a result of the “Fujiwara” effect when two adjacent weather disturbances are close to one another.

Unless the dam itself is in danger of collapsing under the weight of its stored water, one could not release dam water at the height of a storm as this will either aggravate existing flooding or initiate wide spread flooding as the rampaging waters will cause land slides and casualties, and destroy earthen dikes, bridges, roads, homes and agricultural lands.

The value of damage and loss of lives could simply not justify the storage of water for future use during summer months for irrigation and power generation.  This necessitates a closer review of the operating “rule curve” of the dam being followed by dam operators in the light of the very recent severe storms bringing large volumes of water over a very short period of time, perhaps as a result of global warming and climate change (warm waters and low pressure areas create extreme weather disturbances characterized with strong winds, heavy rainfall and storm surges that flood coastal areas). More »

Hydro Power

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Hydro Power

Flowing water creates energy that can be stored, captured and turned into electricity. Hydropower is the world’s most important renewable energy source. It provides 7.2% of world’s primary energy and 18.5% of electric power generation.

Price: 26 USD