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Lifecycle Cost Calculator

Capex + tariff + diesel + O&M, escalated and discounted across a 25-year horizon. Sample defaults — replace with your own numbers.

Step 1

Project assumptions

All figures in Kenyan Shillings. Defaults are sample 2024 distributor quotes — replace with your own.

NPV · Grid only
13,429KSh ’000
NPV · Grid + diesel
27,768KSh ’000
NPV · Solar/UPS hybrid
8,806KSh ’000
Lowest 25-year NPV
Solar / UPS hybrid
Diesel payback vs grid: never within horizon · Hybrid payback vs grid: 4.9 yr
Cumulative cashflow

25-year cumulative cost

Lower is better. Includes capex + tariff + diesel + O&M, no discounting on the chart.

Demo data
Cumulative cost
values in KSh
Year 1 vs Year 25

Operating cost trajectory

Grid Y1 → Y25
1,182,600 KSh → 5,998,581 KSh
Diesel Y1 → Y25
2,750,063 KSh → 8,688,993 KSh
Hybrid Y1 → Y25
438,780 KSh → 1,883,574 KSh
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Connected workflow

Pull system size + capex from the Combination Verifier; sense-check the operating profile against the Smart Sizing Simulator; then compare written proposals with the Quotation Audit.

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Continue the engineering loop — sizing, audit, intelligence, diagnostics, solar/UPS, library.

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Sample values labelled Demo data·Hub v1.0.0-rc.1·staging·Reviewed 2026-05-03·Audit trail