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NPV, IRR & Payback for Energy Projects

Time value of money; comparing projects; hurdle rate (typical 10-20%).

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Energy projects compete with every other call on an organisation's capital. To win funding, they must be appraised in the language finance directors use - net present value, internal rate of return, and the hurdle rates against which all investments are judged.