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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui version="4.0">
<class>CFE_Model_Assumptions_Dialog</class>
<widget class="QDialog" name="CFE_Model_Assumptions_Dialog">
<property name="geometry">
<rect>
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
<width>2084</width>
<height>1020</height>
</rect>
</property>
<property name="windowTitle">
<string>Dialog</string>
</property>
<layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
<item alignment="Qt::AlignHCenter">
<widget class="QLabel" name="title_label">
<property name="sizePolicy">
<sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Minimum">
<horstretch>0</horstretch>
<verstretch>0</verstretch>
</sizepolicy>
</property>
<property name="maximumSize">
<size>
<width>16777215</width>
<height>60</height>
</size>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 24pt "Segoe UI";
text-decoration: underline;</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>CFE Model Assumptions</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QScrollArea" name="scrollArea">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">background-color: rgb(217, 217, 217);</string>
</property>
<property name="widgetResizable">
<bool>true</bool>
</property>
<widget class="QWidget" name="scrollAreaWidgetContents">
<property name="geometry">
<rect>
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
<width>2089</width>
<height>876</height>
</rect>
</property>
<layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_12">
<item>
<layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
<item>
<widget class="QFrame" name="wind_frame">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">background-color: rgb(142, 213, 213);</string>
</property>
<property name="frameShape">
<enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
</property>
<property name="frameShadow">
<enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
</property>
<layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
<item>
<widget class="QGroupBox" name="wind_system_groupBox">
<property name="font">
<font>
<family>Segoe UI</family>
<pointsize>16</pointsize>
<italic>false</italic>
<bold>true</bold>
</font>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
font: 700 16pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="title">
<string>Wind: System</string>
</property>
<layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_4">
<item row="0" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wind_frac_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Fraction of Average Wind Speed</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="0" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wind_frac_lineEdit">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>Use this value to artificially increase or decrease the
average wind speed used in the calculation.
wind_speed = Fraction*measured_wind_speed</string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>1.2</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="1" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wind_turb_diam_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Turbine Rotor Diameter (m)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="1" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wind_turb_diam_lineEdit">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>You can estimate power rating with the following formula:
P = 0.1215D^2.23
50 m = 750 kW
75 m = 1,844 kW
100 m = 3500 kW
120 m = 5260 kW</string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>100.0</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="2" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wind_CapFac_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Capacity Factor (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="2" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wind_CapFac_lineEdit">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>Capacity factor is determined automatically for most states from
state averages gathered from real projects built over the past 30 years.
For those with no data this value with be used.
Values range from ~50% down to ~15%.</string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>38</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="3" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wind_tur_spacing_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Trubine Spacing (# / distance (m) )</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="3" column="1">
<layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
<item>
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wind_Nturb_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>1</string>
</property>
<property name="readOnly">
<bool>true</bool>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QLabel" name="wind_per_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>/</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wind_spacing_lineEdit">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>The default spacing in SAM is 8*turbine diameter
but sources support seperations down to 5*diameter</string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>200</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</item>
<item row="5" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wind_pow_coef_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Power Coefficient</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="5" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wind_pow_coef_lineEdit">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>Power coefficiencts tend to vary over a range of wind speeds but
a reasonable range would be between 0.1 and 0.5 </string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>0.4</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="4" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wind_eff_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Overall Electrical Efficiency (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="4" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wind_eff_lineEdit">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>This value is to account most of the losses one would see in a real wind farm
From NREL:
Balance-of-plant 0.5%
Grid availability 1.5%
Turbine availability 3.58%
Electrical efficiency 1.91%
Electrical parasitic 0.1%
Environmental degradation 1.8%
Environmental conditions 0.4%
Environmental icing loss 0.21%
Environment curtailment 1%
Grid curtailment 0.84%
Load curtailment 0.99%
Turbine generic 1.7%
High wind hysteresis 0.4%
Sub-optimal performance 1.1%
Site-specific loss 0.81%
External wake loss 1.1%</string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>86</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QGroupBox" name="wind_econ_groupBox">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font: 700 16pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="title">
<string>Wind: Economic</string>
</property>
<layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_8">
<item>
<widget class="QGroupBox" name="wind_gov_groupBox">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">background-color: rgb(198, 198, 198);font: 700 14pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="title">
<string>Government Owned</string>
</property>
<layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_3">
<item row="0" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wg_disc_rate_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Discounted Rate (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="0" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wg_disc_rate_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>-2</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="1" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wg_infl_rate_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Inflation Rate (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="1" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wg_infl_rate_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>-1</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="2" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wg_ece_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Electric Cost Escalation (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="2" column="1">
<layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
<item>
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wg_ece_LB_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>0.9</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QLabel" name="wg_ece_dividing_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string><= ECE <=</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wg_ece_UB_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>1.745</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</item>
<item row="3" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wg_tax_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Taxation (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="3" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wg_tax_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>0</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="4" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wg_proj_life_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Project Life (years)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="4" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wg_proj_life_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>25</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QGroupBox" name="wind_thrd_groupBox">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">background-color: rgb(233, 255, 237);font: 700 14pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="title">
<string>Third Party</string>
</property>
<layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_2">
<item row="0" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wt_disc_rate_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Discounted Rate (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="0" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wt_disc_rate_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>5.64</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="1" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wt_infl_rate_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Inflation Rate (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="1" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wt_infl_rate_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>2.5</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="2" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wt_ece_label">
<property name="sizePolicy">
<sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
<horstretch>0</horstretch>
<verstretch>0</verstretch>
</sizepolicy>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Electric Cost Escalation (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="2" column="1">
<layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
<item>
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wt_ece_LB_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>0.9</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QLabel" name="wt_ece_dividing_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string><= ECE <=</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wt_ece_UB_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>1.745</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</item>
<item row="3" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wt_tax_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Taxation (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="3" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wt_tax_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>26</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="4" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="wt_proj_life_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Project Life (years)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="4" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="wt_proj_life_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>25</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QFrame" name="solar_frame">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">background-color: rgb(222, 222, 0);</string>
</property>
<property name="frameShape">
<enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
</property>
<property name="frameShadow">
<enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
</property>
<layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
<item>
<widget class="QGroupBox" name="solar_system_groupBox">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
font: 700 16pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="title">
<string>Solar PV: System</string>
</property>
<layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_5">
<item row="0" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="module_type_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Module Type</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="0" column="1">
<widget class="QComboBox" name="module_type_comboBox">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>The module type describes the photovoltaic modules in the array.
If you do not have information about the modules in the system,
use the default Standard module type
=======================
Module Type: Standard
Cell Material: Crystalline Silicon
~Efficiency: 19%
Module Cover: Glass with anti-reflective coating
=======================
Module Type: Premium
Cell Material: Crystalline Silicon
~Efficiency: 21%
Module Cover: Glass with anti-reflective coating
=======================
Module Type: Thin Film
Cell Material: Thin Film
~Efficiency: 18%
Module Cover: Glass with anti-reflective coating
=======================</string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>Standard</string>
</property>
</item>
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>Premium</string>
</property>
</item>
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>Thin Film</string>
</property>
</item>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="1" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="sys_losses_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>System Losses (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="1" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="sys_losses_lineEdit">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>The system losses account for performance losses
you would expect in a real system that are not
explicitly calculated by the PVWatts
Default values for the system loss categories
=============================================
Category Default Value (%)
Soiling 2
Shading 3
Snow 0
Mismatch 2
Wiring 2
Connections 0.5
Light-Induced 1.5
Nameplate 1
Age 0
Availability 3
=============================================
100% × [ 1- ( 1 - 0.02 ) × ( 1 - 0.03 ) ×
( 1 - 0.02 ) × ( 1 - 0.02 ) ×
( 1 - 0.005 ) × ( 1 - 0.015) ×
( 1- 0.01 ) × ( 1 - 0.03) ] = 14%</string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>14</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="4" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="dc_ac_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>D.C. to A.C Ratio</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="4" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="dc_ac_lineEdit">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>The DC to AC size ratio is the ratio of the array's DC rated size to the
inverter's AC rated size. For the default value of 1.2, a 4 kW system
size would be for a 4 DC kW array at standard test conditions (STC)
and 4 DC kW / 1.2 = 3.33 AC kW inverter.
The default value of 1.20 is reasonable for most systems. A typical
range is 1.10 to 1.25, although some large-scale systems have ratios
as high as 1.50. The optimal value depends on the system's location,
array orientation, and module and inverter costs.</string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>1.2</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="6" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="per_roof_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Percent of Roof-top
Available (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="6" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="per_roof_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>25</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="7" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="perc_land_used_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Percent Land Used (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="7" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="perc_land_used_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>50</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="2" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="tilt_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Tilt (deg)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="2" column="1">
<layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_5">
<item>
<widget class="QCheckBox" name="tilt_checkBox">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>The tilt angle is the angle from horizontal of the photovoltaic modules in the array.
For a fixed array, the tilt angle is the angle from horizontal of the array where
0° = horizontal, and 90° = vertical.
A common rule of thumb for fixed arrays is to set the tilt angle to the latitude of the
system's location to maximize the system's total electrical output over the year.</string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Use Latitude</string>
</property>
<property name="checked">
<bool>true</bool>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="tilt_lineEdit">
<property name="enabled">
<bool>false</bool>
</property>
<property name="toolTip">
<string>The tilt angle is the angle from horizontal of the photovoltaic modules in the array.
For a fixed array, the tilt angle is the angle from horizontal of the array where
0° = horizontal, and 90° = vertical.
For a fixed array, the default value is 20 degrees. Use a lower tilt angle favor
peak production in the summer months when the sun is high in the sky, or a
higher tilt angle to increase output during winter months.</string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="readOnly">
<bool>false</bool>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</item>
<item row="3" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="azimuth_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Azimuth (deg)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="3" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="azimuth_lineEdit">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>For a fixed array, the azimuth angle is the angle clockwise from true north
describing the direction that the array faces. An azimuth angle of 180° is
for a south-facing array, and an azimuth angle of zero degrees is for a
north-facing array. The default value is an azimuth angle of 180° (south-facing)
for locations in the northern hemisphere.
For the northern hemisphere, increasing the azimuth angle favors afternoon
energy production, and decreasing the azimuth angle favors morning energy
production.
Azimuth angles for different compass headings
Heading Azimuth Angle
N 0°
NE 45°
E 90°
SE 135°
S 180°
SW 225°
W 270°
NW 315°</string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>180</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="5" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="inverter_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Inverter Efficiency (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="5" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="inverter_lineEdit">
<property name="toolTip">
<string>The inverter's nominal rated DC-to-AC conversion efficiency,
defined as the inverter's rated AC power output divided by
its rated DC power output. The default value is 96%.</string>
</property>
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>96</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
</layout>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QGroupBox" name="solar_econ_groupBox">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font: 700 16pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="title">
<string>Solar PV: Economic</string>
</property>
<layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_7">
<item>
<widget class="QGroupBox" name="solar_gov_groupBox">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">background-color: rgb(198, 198, 198);font: 700 14pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="title">
<string>Government Owned</string>
</property>
<layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_6">
<item row="0" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="sg_disc_rate_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Discounted Rate (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="0" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="sg_disc_rate_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>-2</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="1" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="sg_infl_rate_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Inflation Rate (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="1" column="1">
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="sg_infl_rate_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>-1</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="2" column="0">
<widget class="QLabel" name="sg_ece_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Electric Cost Escalation (%)</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item row="2" column="1">
<layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_6">
<item>
<widget class="QLineEdit" name="sg_ece_LB_lineEdit">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);</string>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>0.9</string>
</property>
</widget>
</item>
<item>
<widget class="QLabel" name="sg_ece_dividing_label">
<property name="styleSheet">
<string notr="true">font: 10pt "Segoe UI";</string>