Technoeconomical Assessment of Optimum Design for Photovoltaic Water Pumping System for Rural Area in Oman

Table 4

Optimum solution for the proposed PV system using HOMER.

	PV; (kW)	6FM200D	Conv.; (kW)	Initial; capital	Operating; cost ($/yr)	Total; NPC	COE; ($/kWh)	Ren.; frac.	Capacity; shortage
	0.84	4	0.8	$ 2,400	63	$ 3,200	0.309	1.00	0.00
	0.84	4	0.9	$ 2,450	64	$ 3,265	0.315	1.00	0.00
	0.70	5	0.8	$ 2,300	76	$ 3,269	0.316	1.00	0.00
	0.84	4	1.0	$ 2,500	65	$ 3,331	0.322	1.00	0.00
	0.70	5	0.9	$ 2,350	77	$ 3,335	0.322	1.00	0.00
	0.70	5	1.0	$ 2,400	78	$ 3,400	0.328	1.00	0.00
	0.98	4	0.8	$ 2,640	63	$ 3,440	0.332	1.00	0.00
	0.98	4	0.9	$ 2,690	64	$ 3,505	0.338	1.00	0.00
	0.84	5	0.8	$ 2,540	76	$ 3,509	0.339	1.00	0.00
	0.98	4	1.0	$ 2,740	65	$ 3,571	0.345	1.00	0.00