20-Year Loss Capitalisation Calculator

20-Year Loss Capitalisation Calculator

Turns guaranteed no-load and load loss into present-value money, using the IEC / United for Efficiency total-cost-of-ownership method.

Talite works data: no-load / load loss

Currency per kWh

% per year

Years

% of rated capacity

Leave 0 to see loss cost alone

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Same currency as purchase

Methodology: TCO = purchase price + (A × no-load loss) + (B × load loss), per the United for Efficiency / IEC total-cost-of-ownership guidance.

A capitalises 8,760 h/year of no-load loss over the evaluation period at the stated discount rate. B applies the loss load factor derived from average loading (load loss varies with the square of load), using the common LLF = 0.15 LF + 0.85 LF² approximation.

Results are an evaluation aid for bid comparison. They are not a quotation, and your own published A and B factors override these. For reference, the USDA Rural Utilities Service publishes worked values of USD 2,450/kW (no-load) and USD 1,304/kW (load) in Bulletin 1724E-301.

Capitalised cost of losses over the evaluation period

A-factor (per kW no-load)
B-factor (per kW load)
Capitalised no-load loss
Capitalised load loss
Total cost of ownership