While the payback period for some EVs today is too long, we are still in the early days of the industry.
One is the payback period, or how long it will take to recoup the higher purchase price by saving on fuel.
Sometimes such as when investing in energy efficiency the payback period is clear.
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Naturally, for those folks, the payback period for an investment in a college education could be much quicker than for those who are paying full freight.
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The cost savings due to lower power bills will kick in immediately, but Mayor Graham says he expects the payback period on the lights will be five years.
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The website lists rebates and other subsidies that help to defray installation costs and provides a calculator for figuring out the cost of electricity, the payback period and the return on the investment from installing small wind turbines, which refer to those that are under 100-kilowatt in size and engineered for residential and business properties, including farms and government agencies.
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Another Deloitte study confirmed that cloud deployments delivered greater investment returns with a shorter payback period when compared to the traditional on-premise delivery option.
Since most clean-energy projects have a payback period of more than five years, the system thus fails to encourage green investment.
Payback period: This is a rough measure of the number of years it would take the system in each example to pay for itself.
From talking with friends and colleagues in business over the Christmas period about their thoughts for 2010, it was disturbing to hear that some feel that 2010 is 'payback time'.
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