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@crookp crookp commented Jan 27, 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.

akey7 and others added 23 commits December 28, 2020 13:04
Release 2.3.5

All automated and manual testing has passed on this PR. Integrating into `master` branch.
Release 2.4.0 contains a siimplified input spreadsheet for first-time users of LandBOSSE.
Release 2.4.1:

This pull request fixes some obsolete Pandas syntax.
Batch of fixes and updates from old branches
add turbine cost calculation (based on simple capex)
Accidentally merged into master
This reverts commit e81c511.
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gbarter commented Jan 27, 2025

Updates and improvements to LandBOSSE are much appreciated! Thank you for your efforts here.

If there are changes to the API / input variable list. It would be helpful to keep the openmdao interface up-to-date too. I can help with this if preferred.

@crookp crookp merged commit deb1f16 into NLRWindSystems:develop Jan 27, 2025
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