[RE-wrenches] Return on investment information

[Bill Hoffer]

Chris

SAM software from NREL is also free and relatively easy to learn.  Give it
a try!  I have found it pretty good at predicting financial viability of a
project.

Bill


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Mac Lewis <maclewis1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> I have a spreadsheet that I made a while back that will give a 20 year
> cash flow and internal rate of return.  It's set up to work with the market
> in Colorado with Xcel REC payments, and Federal tax credit, but you are
> welcome to use it and modify it if you like.  Send me an email and I'll get
> it to you.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Chris Daum <chris at oasismontana.com>wrote:
>
>>   Dear wrenches:
>>
>> We are bidding a job for a thrifty fellow; it's a small commercial system
>> (7.2KW array), and he's interested on the figures relating to his return on
>> investment.  Does anyone have any link or software where we can crunch the
>> numbers and get him an idea of his real ROI?  Besides the 30% federal
>> incentive, there is also a one-time state tax incentive as well as a grant
>> from the local utility....
>>
>> Thanks as always for your brain power!
>>
>> Chris Daum, Oasis Montana Inc.
>>
>> 406-777-4309, www.oasismontana.com
>>
>>
>>
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