Research Article
A Novel Design and Optimization Software for Autonomous PV/Wind/Battery Hybrid Power Systems
Table 3
The energy and cost contributions for each component for Dhahran site in HOMER software and NPCP.
| | Item | HOMER software | NPCP | | Wind | PV | Battery | Converter | Wind | PV | Battery | Converter |
| | Energy contribution % | 63 | 37 | | | 60 | 40 | | | | Cost contribution in initial cost ($ millions) | 16.28 | 21 | 6 | 3.5 | 14.4 | 22.006 | 7.929 | 4.792 | | Cost contribution in initial Cost % | 34.8 | 44.9 | 12.8 | 7.5 | 29.3 | 44.8 | 16.14 | 9.8 |
|
|
