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@crookp crookp commented Jan 24, 2025

Add a calculation for the cost of the turbines themselves, in addition to the other BOS costs to LandBOSSE. The reason for this change is to make the output match the format provided by ORBIT.

The calculation is extremely straightforward and requires a CapEx assumption as an input ($/kW)

turbine_cost = capex * num_turbines * turbine_capacity

I have updated the project_list.xlsx input to include a column called 'Turbine Capex (USD/kW)' to input this value. If this column is not specified, the capex cost is assumed to be zero. Alternatively, when using landbosse_runner.py it will accept a turbine_capex argument.

The implementation of the TurbineCost class is quite messy, but it matches the other LandBOSSE cost modules.

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@crookp crookp merged commit e81c511 into NLRWindSystems:master Jan 27, 2025
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