Help revisions for 2018.11.11 Patch 4

deploy/runtime/help/html/dslf_collector_and_receiver.htm

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ <h4 class="p_Heading4"><span class="f_Heading4">Solar Position/Collector Inciden
 <p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Import</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">Import a table from a text or data file. The file can contain values separated by comma, space, or tab characters, but must be formatted according to the following rules:</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription" style="text-indent: 0; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 24px;"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans','Arial';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">The first row in the file specifies the angles for the solar azimuth (for the Solar position table) or collector transversal incidence (for the Collector incidence angle table). The first entry of this row should be blank.</span></p><p class="p_VariableDescription" style="text-indent: 0; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 24px;"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans','Arial';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">Each additional row specifies optical efficiency for a specific zenith angle (for the Solar position table) or longitudinal incidence angle (for the Collector incidence angle table). The first entry of the row must be the zenith or longitudinal incidence angle corresponding to the optical efficiency entries in that row. </span></p><p class="p_VariableDescription" style="text-indent: 0; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 24px;"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans','Arial';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">The rows of the table should be sorted according to zenith/longitudinal incidence angle from lowest to highest.</span></p><p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">An example tab-delimited table is as follows, where numbers in bold correspond to the solar zenith (row headers) and azimuth (column headers) angles:</span></p>
-<p class="p_VariableDescription"><span style="width:24px;display:inline-block">&nbsp;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-weight: bold;">-180 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;90 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;90 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;180</span></p>
+<p class="p_VariableDescription"><span style="width:48px;display:inline-block">&nbsp;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-weight: bold;">-180 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;90 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;90 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;180</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-weight: bold;">0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">1.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1.0</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-weight: bold;">30 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">0.95 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0.98 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0.99 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0.98 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0.95</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-weight: bold;">60 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">0.60 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0.70 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0.75 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0.70 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0.60</span></p>

deploy/runtime/help/html/fin_all_equity_partnership.htm

@@ -62,19 +62,19 @@ <h4 class="p_Heading4"><span class="f_Heading4">Escalation Rate</span></h4>
 <p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">An escalation rate applied to the PPA price in Year One to calculate the power purchase price in years two and later in the project cash flow.</span></p>
 <p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">SAM does not apply the inflation rate to the PPA price. If you do not specify a PPA price escalation rate, SAM assumes that the same price applies in all years of the analysis period.</span></p>
 <h3 class="p_Heading3_atocs_" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none;"><span class="f_Heading3_atocs_">Equity Structure</span></h3>
-<p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The Equity Structure variables determine how project income is divided between the tax investor and developer before and after the flip year.</span></p>
+<p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The Equity Flip Structure variables determine how project income is divided between the tax investor and developer before and after the flip year.</span></p>
 <p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The flip year is the year in the project cash flow that the tax investor IRR target is met. Typically, the majority of project cash and tax benefits is allocated to the tax investor before the flip year, and to the developer after the flip year. For example, the pre-flip tax investor share might be 98% (2% developer share), and the post-flip tax investor share might be 10% (90% developer share).</span></p>
 <h4 class="p_Heading4"><span class="f_Heading4">Tax Investor</span></h4>
 <p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The tax investor's share of the project investment, revenue, and tax benefits before and after the flip year.</span></p>
-<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Equity Investment</span></p>
+<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of equity</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">The tax investor's share of the project equity requirement as a percentage of:</span></p>
-<p class="p_VariableDescription" style="text-indent: 0; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 24px;"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans','Arial';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">For Leveraged Partnership Flip, the total installed cost less the debt amount.</span></p><p class="p_VariableDescription" style="text-indent: 0; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 24px;"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans','Arial';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">For All Equity Partnership Flip, the total installed cost.</span></p><p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of Project Cash, Pre-flip</span></p>
+<p class="p_VariableDescription" style="text-indent: 0; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 24px;"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans','Arial';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">For Leveraged Partnership Flip, the total installed cost less the debt amount.</span></p><p class="p_VariableDescription" style="text-indent: 0; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 24px;"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans','Arial';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">For All Equity Partnership Flip, the total installed cost.</span></p><p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of project cash, Pre-flip</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">The percentage of annual project cash returns allocated to the tax investor in years before the flip target is reached.</span></p>
-<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of Project Cash, Post-flip</span></p>
+<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of project cash, Post-flip</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">The percentage of annual project cash returns allocated to the tax investor in years after the flip target is reached.</span></p>
-<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of Tax Benefits, Pre-flip</span></p>
+<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of tax benefits, Pre-flip</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">The percentage of taxable income and any tax benefits, including depreciation-related tax losses and ITC-related tax credits, allocated to the tax investor before the flip target is reached.</span></p>
-<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of Tax Benefits, Post-flip</span></p>
+<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of tax benefits, Post-flip</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">The percentage of taxable income and any tax benefits, including depreciation-related tax losses and ITC-related tax credits, allocated to the tax investor after the flip target is reached.</span></p>
 <h4 class="p_Heading4"><span class="f_Heading4">Developer</span></h4>
 <p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The developer's initial capital contribution and share of cash and tax flows are based on the tax investor quantities.</span></p>

deploy/runtime/help/html/fin_leveraged_partnership.htm

@@ -62,19 +62,19 @@ <h4 class="p_Heading4"><span class="f_Heading4">Escalation Rate</span></h4>
 <p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">An escalation rate applied to the PPA price in Year One to calculate the power purchase price in years two and later in the project cash flow.</span></p>
 <p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">SAM does not apply the inflation rate to the PPA price. If you do not specify a PPA price escalation rate, SAM assumes that the same price applies in all years of the analysis period.</span></p>
 <h3 class="p_Heading3_atocs_" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid; border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none;"><span class="f_Heading3_atocs_">Equity Structure</span></h3>
-<p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The Equity Structure variables determine how project income is divided between the tax investor and developer before and after the flip year.</span></p>
+<p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The Equity Flip Structure variables determine how project income is divided between the tax investor and developer before and after the flip year.</span></p>
 <p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The flip year is the year in the project cash flow that the tax investor IRR target is met. Typically, the majority of project cash and tax benefits is allocated to the tax investor before the flip year, and to the developer after the flip year. For example, the pre-flip tax investor share might be 98% (2% developer share), and the post-flip tax investor share might be 10% (90% developer share).</span></p>
 <h4 class="p_Heading4"><span class="f_Heading4">Tax Investor</span></h4>
 <p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The tax investor's share of the project investment, revenue, and tax benefits before and after the flip year.</span></p>
-<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Equity Investment</span></p>
+<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of equity</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">The tax investor's share of the project equity requirement as a percentage of:</span></p>
-<p class="p_VariableDescription" style="text-indent: 0; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 24px;"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans','Arial';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">For Leveraged Partnership Flip, the total installed cost less the debt amount.</span></p><p class="p_VariableDescription" style="text-indent: 0; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 24px;"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans','Arial';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">For All Equity Partnership Flip, the total installed cost.</span></p><p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of Project Cash, Pre-flip</span></p>
+<p class="p_VariableDescription" style="text-indent: 0; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 24px;"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans','Arial';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">For Leveraged Partnership Flip, the total installed cost less the debt amount.</span></p><p class="p_VariableDescription" style="text-indent: 0; padding-left: 13px; margin-left: 24px;"><span class="f_VariableDescription" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans','Arial';display:inline-block;width:13px;margin-left:-13px">&#8226;</span><span class="f_VariableDescription">For All Equity Partnership Flip, the total installed cost.</span></p><p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of project cash, Pre-flip</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">The percentage of annual project cash returns allocated to the tax investor in years before the flip target is reached.</span></p>
-<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of Project Cash, Post-flip</span></p>
+<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of project cash, Post-flip</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">The percentage of annual project cash returns allocated to the tax investor in years after the flip target is reached.</span></p>
-<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of Tax Benefits, Pre-flip</span></p>
+<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of tax benefits, Pre-flip</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">The percentage of taxable income and any tax benefits, including depreciation-related tax losses and ITC-related tax credits, allocated to the tax investor before the flip target is reached.</span></p>
-<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of Tax Benefits, Post-flip</span></p>
+<p class="p_VariableName" style="page-break-inside: avoid; page-break-after: avoid;"><span class="f_VariableName">Share of tax benefits, Post-flip</span></p>
 <p class="p_VariableDescription"><span class="f_VariableDescription">The percentage of taxable income and any tax benefits, including depreciation-related tax losses and ITC-related tax credits, allocated to the tax investor after the flip target is reached.</span></p>
 <h4 class="p_Heading4"><span class="f_Heading4">Developer</span></h4>
 <p class="p_Text"><span class="f_Text">The developer's initial capital contribution and share of cash and tax flows are based on the tax investor quantities.</span></p>