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Systems A and B, total costs and simple payback.

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Scenario A
Results / A
Annual operating cost
4,000 EUR
Total cost over period
20,000 EUR
Results / B
Annual operating cost
4,000 EUR
Total cost over period
20,000 EUR

Simple payback

Annual saving with B
0 EUR
Additional investment in B
0 EUR
Saving with B over period
0 EUR
Simple payback

B has equal or lower investment and operating costs.

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Enter annual system kWh from measurements or power and runtime. Both scenarios share currency and period. Simple payback excludes interest, inflation, tax, degradation and residual value. Savings come entirely from your inputs.

How we calculateannual = kWh/year × price + service/year; total = investment + years × annual; payback = (investmentB − investmentA) / (annualA − annualB)