ISEM Power is considering the acquisition a local Waste-to-Energy plant which produces electricity for the energy market by burning wastes collected from the community. The investment will cost the company an initial cost of $32 million which will be funded by taking a 5-year bank loan at an interest rate of 10% per year. The loan will be repaid with 5 equal end-of-year payments. Annual profits from the sales of electricity generated by the plant to the power grid are estimated to be $4 million in year 1 to year 10, and $6 million in year 11 to year 20. All cash flows are assumed to occur at the end of each year. The plant has a useful life of 20 years with a salvage value of $1 million. The company MARR is 12%. (d) What is the MIRR of the project if the financing rate is 10% and the reinvestment rate is 12%? (e) What is the discounted pay-back period of the project?

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ISEM Power is considering the acquisition a local Waste-to-Energy plant which produces electricity for the energy market by burning wastes collected from the community. The investment will cost the company an initial cost of $32 million which will be funded by taking a 5-year bank loan at an interest rate of 10% per year. The loan will be repaid with 5 equal end-of-year payments. Annual profits from the sales of electricity generated by the plant to the power grid are estimated to be $4 million in year 1 to year 10, and $6 million in year 11 to year 20. All cash flows are assumed to occur at the end of each year. The plant has a useful life of 20 years with a salvage value of $1 million. The company MARR is 12%.


(d) What is the MIRR of the project if the financing rate is 10% and the reinvestment rate is 12%?
(e) What is the discounted pay-back period of the project? 

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