70 MW capacity
Pucará, Provincia Tungurahua, Ecuador
Status: In Operation
330 hectares flooded
5 hectares per MW
Mountain (montane) forest
-21 million USD
net present value
(Excluding environmental costs)
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Analysis table
Results
Net Present Value:
-21,025 thousand USD
Hectares flooded per MW:
5 hectares per MW
Gross CO₂ equivalent emissions:
105,270 metric tonnes
Gross CO₂ equivalent per MW:
1,504 metric tonnes per MW
People displaced per megawatt:
0 people per MW Inputs and assumptions
Installed capacity :
70 MW
Capacity used:
90%
Area flooded:
330 hectares
Vegetation type:
Mountain (montane) forest
People displaced:
0 people displaced
Construction time:
2.6 years
Construction cost:
91,840,000 USD
Transmission infrastructure cost:
0 USD
Wholesale price of energy:
26.2 USD
Economic discount rate:
12.6%
Submitted by Juan Carlos Rivera on 26 August 2009 - 10:34pm
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