Capital Cost

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-004095",
  "term": "Capital Cost",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The total cost to install a control measure on a source. Often, the capital cost is paid for by amortizing the cost over the life of the installed the equipment.\n\n2. The cost of field development and plant construction and the equipment required for industry operations.\n\n3. The total investment needed to complete a project and bring it to an operable status. The cost of construction of a new plant. The expenditures for the purchase or acquisition of existing facilities.\n\n4. Total cost to install a control measure on a source. Often, the capital cost is paid for by amortizing the cost over the life of the installed the equipment.",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Control Strategy Tool (CoST) Glossary",
    "DOE Energy Information Administration Glossary",
    "DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Bioenergy Glossary",
    "Control Measure (CoST Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/capital-cost/"
}