Development of a Cost-Effective Solar/Diesel Independent Power Plant for a Remote Station

Table 8

Comparison simulation of existing system (diesel only) and proposed hybrid system.

Quantity	Diesel only		Diesel in hybrid system
	Value	Units	Value	Units
Operational life	2.0	yr	5.0	yr
Capacity factor	12	%	3	%
Hours of operation	7,008	h yr^−1	2919	h yr^−1
Fuel consumption	274,877	L yr^−1	88,474	L yr^−1