Optimal Sizing and Analysis of a Small Hybrid Power System for Umuokpo Amumara in Eastern Nigeria

Table 8

Comparison of the optimal and nonoptimal systems from HOMER.

Item	Optimal system	Configuration 2	Configuration 1
PV capacity (kW)	2,750	—	—
Diesel gen. capacity	1,000	1,500	1,500
Number of batteries	15,000	—	2,500
Gen. operating hours	959	8,760	2,929
Inverter capacity	1,500	—	1,000
Total cost $	54,496,420	422,842,560	156,293,280