Research Article
Development of a Cost-Effective Solar/Diesel Independent Power Plant for a Remote Station
Table 4
HOMER simulation result showing sensitivity case only.
| | Architecture | Cost | System | Gen725 | | PV (kW) |
Gen725 (kW) | FB
200–800 | Converter (kW) | Dispatch | COE ($) | NPC ($) | Operating cost ($) | Initial capital ($) | Ren Frac (%) | Fuel (L) | Hours |
| | 750 | | 2 | 400 | CC | 0.489 | 1,651,149 | 5,346 | 1,582,035 | 100 | | | | 750 | 725 | 1 | 400 | CC | 1.057 | 3,572,806 | 144,519 | 1,704,535 | 91 | 88,454 | 2,919 | | | 725 | 2 | 400 | CC | 1.212 | 4,096,615 | 241,893 | 969,535 | 0 | 214,852 | 2,919 |
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