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.

ArchitectureCostSystemGen725
PV (kW)Gen725 (kW)FB
200–800
Converter (kW)DispatchCOE ($)NPC ($)Operating cost ($)Initial capital ($)Ren. Frac (%)Fuel price ($/L)Hours

7502400CC0.4891,651,1495,3461,582,0351000.75