Research Article
Development of a Cost-Effective Solar/Diesel Independent Power Plant for a Remote Station
Table 5
HOMER simulation result showing optimization case with categorized option.
| Architecture | Cost | System | Gen725 | PV (kW) | Gen725 (kW) | FB 200–800 | Converter (kW) | Dispatch | COE ($) | NPC ($) | Operating cost ($) | Initial capital ($) | Ren. Frac (%) | Fuel price ($/L) | Hours |
| 750 | | 2 | 400 | CC | 0.489 | 1,651,149 | 5,346 | 1,582,035 | 100 | 0.75 | |
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