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Unit 13 - Week
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Week 12 Assignment 12
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Week 1 1) What is the drawback of Pay Back Period as a metric of energy economics? 1 point

Week 2 a. Can be a fraction of year

b. Does not consider time value of money

Week 3
c. Operational and Maintenance (O&M) costs are not considered
Week 4
d. Fails is revenue is less than O&M costs
Week 5 No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Week 6
Accepted Answers:
b. Does not consider time value of money
Week 7
2) LCOE is useful for 1 point
Week 8
a. Determining RoI
Week 9:
b. Choosing discount rate
Week 10
c. Comparing competitiveness of different energy installations

Week 11 d. Calculating tax rebates

No, the answer is incorrect.

Week 12
Score: 0
Lecture 62: Accepted Answers:
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c. Comparing competitiveness of different energy installations
Economics – I

Lecture 63:
3) A new oil well gives 100 billion barrels of oil. However, the cost of recovering the oil is 1 point
Energy equivalent to 30 billion barrels. Calculate the EROEI
Economics – II
a. 3.33
Lecture 64:
Energy b. 66.6
Economics – III
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Economics – IV
No, the answer is incorrect.
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Course Wrap – 4) The EREOI for oil has reduced from 90:1 in the 50s to around 5:1 today. What are the 1 point
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primary reason(s)?
Quiz : Week 12
Assignment 12 a. Wells are deep requiring deeper exploration

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c. Rigs have become complex and expensive

Assignment d. All of the above

Solution
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d. All of the above

5) Input Output Analysis was developed by 1 point

a. Philip Kotler

b. Wassily Leontiff

c. John F. Welch

d. Jan Tinbergen

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
b. Wassily Leontiff

6) A thermal power plant has a maximum load of 160 MW and an annual average load factor 1 point
of 0.6. The coal consumption is 1 kg per kW-h of energy generated and cost of coal is Rs. 450 per
metric ton. Calculate the net annual cash flow if energy is sold at Re 1 per kWh

a. Rs. 46 crores

b. Rs. 84 crores

c. Rs. 37 crores

d. Rs. 70 crores

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
a. Rs. 46 crores

7) The initial investment in a power plant is Rs. 4000 crores. After 4 years, another Rs. 1200 1 point
crore is invested and from 5th to 12th year, an annual investment of Rs. 400 crores is made ever year.
The salvage value of the plant after 30 years is Rs. 600 crores. If the discount rate is 10%, calculate
the present worth of all the payments at the time of commissioning.

a. Rs. 6000 crores

b. Rs. 5000 crores

c. Rs. 5500 crores

d. Rs. 5950 crores

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
a. Rs. 6000 crores

8) An energy installation costs Rs. 1.2 crores. Cash inflow over next 5 years is expected to be 1 point

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Rs. 30 lakhs over the first 2 years, Rs. 45 lakhs over the next 2 years and Rs. 75 lakhs in the 5th year.
Assuming a discount rate of 15% and zero salvage value after 5 years, calculate its NPV

a. Rs. 15 lakhs

b. Rs. 20 lakhs

c. Rs. 25 lakhs

d. Rs. 10 lakhs

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
b. Rs. 20 lakhs

9) The installation cost of an energy equipment is Rs. 15 lakhs and estimated O&M cost is Rs. 1 point
50,000/year. Estimated savings is 30000 units of fuel @ Rs 25/unit. Calculate the payback period in
years

a. 2 years

b. 3 years

c. 4 years

d. 5 years

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
b. 3 years

10)If the life of the equipment (in Question 9) is 10 years with no salvage value, calculate 1 point
average RoI over its life

a. 35 %

b. 30%

c. 45%

d. 70%

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
c. 45%

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