The substrate costs were assumed to be the same within each group.
As all the costs were assumed to be borne by the government, the retrofitting strategy involves an income transfer.
In the presented assessment these costs were assumed at €1,500 which might conservatively overestimate the annual follow-up costs of next generation AVDs.
While for electrical installation and land rent, standard costs were assumed, and operational cost data were provided by the operator for 2012.
The lead author of the Harvard study, Paul Epstein, said that if healthcare costs were assumed by the coal industry, the price of the associated electricity would at least double.
All the above-mentioned costs were assumed as the total fixed capital costs required to completely construct the PSHPP; however, there are extra costs that will be incurred to secure financing to all these capital costs.
These costs were assumed to be 30.8 $/kW annually according to Black and Vetch Consultancy Company projections report of performance and cost data for power plants (Black and Vetch 2012).
The reference capital investment and operating costs were assumed to be the same for a plant of a given MSW handling capacity for a thermal power plant, a fluidized or grate boiler steam generator, and a CHP plant.
Furthermore, the vaccine administration costs were assumed at €6. Summarizing, the total vaccination costs aggregated at €24.30 per individual.
