Research Article
Technoeconomical Assessment of Optimum Design for Photovoltaic Water Pumping System for Rural Area in Oman
Table 7
Systems cost of energy comparison.
| Reference | CoE (USD/kWh) | Supply type |
| Proposed PV research (REPS.OM) | 0.180 | PV | Proposed PV research (HOMER) | 0.309 | PV | Subsidized diesel system | 0.790 | Diesel | Nonsubsidized diesel system | 1.228 | Diesel |
([4] Bakelli et al., 2011) | 0.401 | PV | ([5] Salam et al., 2013) | 0.561 | PV | ([6] Kazem et al., 2013) | 0.389 | PV | ([8] Al-Smairan, 2012) | 0.200–0.580 | PV-diesel | ([17] Al-Badi et al., 2011) | 0.21–0.304 | PV | ([14] Al-Badi et al., 2012) | 0.327–0.361 | PV | ([15] annual report, 2010) | 0.558 | Diesel | ([16] annual report, 2011) | 0.558 | Diesel |
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