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Hydrogen Production Capital Cost (TPC)

Capital costs results for most technologies are reported in a single table screen. Capital costs are typically expressed in either constant or current dollars for a specified year, as shown in the Status Bar. The following costs are shown:

•Bare Erected Cost: This is the cost of labor, materials, and equipment needed to build the plant or technology.

•General Facilities Capital: The general facilities include construction costs of roads, office buildings, shops, laboratories, etc. Sales taxes and freight costs are included implicitly.

•Engineering & Home Office Fees: The engineering & home office fees are a percent of total direct capital cost. This is an overhead fee paid to the architect/engineering company.

•Process Contingency Cost: Capital cost contingency factor applied to a new technology in an effort to quantify the uncertainty in the technical performance and cost of the commercial-scale equipment.

•Project Contingency Cost: Capital cost contingency factor covering the cost of additional equipment or other costs that would result from a more detailed design of a definitive project at the actual site.

•Total Plant Cost (TPC): This is the sum of all the items above. This result is highlighted in yellow.

•TPC w/ Regional Adjustment: This is the total plant cost with the regional adjustment applied. This result is highlighted in yellow.