A university spent $1.3 million to install solar panels atop a parking garage. These panels will have a capacity of 300 kilowatts (kW) and have a life expectancy of 20 years. Suppose that the discount rate is 30%, that electricity can be purchased at $0.10 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), and that the marginal cost of electricity production using the solar panels is zero. Hint: It may be easier to think of the present value of operating the solar panels for 1 hour per year first. Approximately how many hours per year will the solar panels need to operate to enable this project to break even? 16,990.05 6,534.64 O 13,069.27

A university spent $1.3 million to install solar panels atop a parking garage. These panels will have a capacity of 300 kilowatts (kW) and have a life expectancy of 20 years. Suppose that the discount rate is 30%, that electricity can be purchased at $0.10 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), and that the marginal cost of electricity production using the solar panels is zero. Hint: It may be easier to think of the present value of operating the solar panels for 1 hour per year first. Approximately how many hours per year will the solar panels need to operate to enable this project to break even? 16,990.05 6,534.64 O 13,069.27

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Chapter10: Project Cash Flows And Risk

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