Research Article
Financial and Performance Analyses of Microcontroller Based Solar-Powered Autorickshaw for a Developing Country
Table 1
Economic factors to determine financial feasibility.
| | Economic factors | Units |
| | Operation and maintenance cost | 5% | | Installation cost | $3/day | | Unit cost of the solar panel ($/Watt-peak) | $0.6 | | Inflation rate (ε) | 5% | | General escalation (GE) | 3% | | Discount rate (δ) | 7% | | LCC nonrecurring cost factor | 0.565 | | Interest rate (ι) | 7% | | Project lifetime (n) | 20 years |
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