Economical Feasibility of Utilizing Photovoltaics for Water Pumping in Saudi Arabia

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</svg>/m<sup>3</sup>)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Dhahran</td><td align="center">2.69</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Riyadh</td><td align="center">2.63</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Jeddah</td><td align="center">2.61</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Guriat</td><td align="center">2.63</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Nejran</td><td align="center">2.24</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Average</b></td><td align="center"><b>2.56</b></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Cost of solar PV water pumping from a well with 50 m TDH.

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Table 8: Economical Feasibility of Utilizing Photovoltaics for Water Pumping in Saudi Arabia 