Comparison of Turkey’s Geographical Regions in terms of Stand-Alone PV System Design and Cost Parameters

Table 3

Calculations for the all-year (8760 hours) scenario.

Parameter		Regions
		Marmara	Aegean	Mediterranean	Black Sea	Central Anatolia	Eastern Anatolia	Southeastern Anatolia
Total battery size (Ah)		8115.42	6562.84	6695.41	8296.89	7679.91	7190.73	6967.24
Battery number		71.97	59.66	58.49	74.31	61.30	69.74	64.82
Modified design current (A)		740.80	536.39	553.04	769.42	670.96	628.42	582.23
Module number		32.92	23.84	24.58	34.20	29.82	27.93	25.88
Initial investment costs ($)	Module	6672.23	4800.00	5028.57	6960.00	6066.67	5685.71	5300.00
	Battery	11,004.55	8850.00	9064.29	11,260.00	10,412.50	9750.00	9142.50
	Charge regulator	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
	BOS	667.27	480.00	502.60	696.00	606.67	568.57	530.00
	O&M	333.64	240.00	251.43	348.00	303.63	284.29	265.00
	Total	18,778.20	14,470.00	14,947.10	19,364.00	17,489.20	16,388.20	15,607.50
LCC costs ($)	Module	6672.73	4800.00	5028.57	6960.00	6066.67	5685.71	5300.00
	Battery	21,410.02	17,218.22	17,365.12	21,907.02	20,258.16	18,969.22	18,312.60
	Charge regulator	145.71	145.71	145.71	145.71	145.71	145.71	145.71
	BOS	667.27	480.00	502.86	696.00	606.67	568.57	530.00
	O&M	4872.08	3504.71	3671.61	5081.84	4429.57	4151.42	4782.47
	Total	33,767.81	26,148.64	26,983.87	34,790.57	31,506.77	29,520.64	29,070.78
Lifetime total energy (to be produced) (MVAh)		7448.87	6802.37	6831.41	6989.77	7328.96	6723.80	6970.57
Lifetime total energy (to be consumed by load) (MVAh)		235.23	235.23	235.23	235.23	235.23	235.23	235.23
The capacity utilization rate (%)		3.16	3.46	3.44	3.37	3.21	3.50	3.37
Unit energy cost ($/kVAh)		0.14	0.11	0.11	0.15	0.13	0.13	0.12
Excess energy (MVAh)		7213.64	6567.14	6596.18	6754.54	7093.73	6488.57	6735.34

These values are rounded down to integers. These values are rounded up to integers.