Sustainable Energy
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781337551663
Author: DUNLAP, Richard A.
Publisher: Cengage,
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Chapter 2, Problem 9P
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Find the decrease in the cost of electricity per kilowatt-hour if the payback period is changed from 15 years to 25 years.
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