Research Article

Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Renewable Energy Integration Design: For an Institutional Energy System Network

Table 3

HOMER optimization result for different criteria.

ConfigurationGrid (kW)PV (kW)Wind (kW)DG (kW)Converter (kW)Total capital cost ($)Total NPC ($)Operating cost ($/yr.)COE ($/kWh)Renewable fraction

G-PV-W1,000202002049,5804,42,09030,7050.0910.22
G-W1,0000200024,3004,52,30133,4810.0930.14
G-PV1,00020002025,2804,74,85135,1680.0980.08
G1,000000004,85,25537,9600.10
G-DG-PV-W1,00020201442059,7946,76,24148,2230.1390.22
G-DG-W1,000020144034,5146,85,52450,9260.1410.14
G-DG-PV1,0002001442035,4947,07,97952,6060.1460.08
G-DG1,00000144010,2147,17,97655,3660.1480