Effects of Reliability Index on Optimal Configuration of Hybrid Solar/Battery Energy System by Optimization Approach: A Case Study

Table 3

The results of the variations of the PV panel unit cost on the optimal variables and cost criteria (in $) of the system.

PV cost ($/m^2)	RI (%)	LLP (%)					C&R	O&M	O&MPV	O&MBAT	TLCC
50	2	1.9927	171	1114	3,699	102,240	93,520	13,237	2052	11,140	106,760
100	2	1.7620	173	1125	5,409	103,250	96,105	13,371	2076	11,250	109,480
125	2	1.8339	172	1151	6,206	105,636	99,040	13,619	2064	11,510	112,660
150	2	1.8377	172	1148	7,034	105,360	99,623	13,589	2064	11,480	113,220
200	2	1.9658	171	1132	8,640	103,892	99,933	13,417	2052	11,320	113,350
250	2	1.9608	171	1136	10,287	104,259	101,907	13,457	2052	11,360	115,640
300	2	1.9709	171	1128	11,934	103,525	102,900	13,377	2052	11,280	116,280
350	2	1.9633	171	1134	13,358	104,075	105,037	13,437	2052	11,340	118,480
400	2	1.8137	172	1167	15,317	107,104	109,460	13,779	2064	11,670	123,240
450	2	1.5936	174	1161	17,171	106,553	110,799	13,743	2088	11,610	124,550
500	2	1.7103	173	1166	18,739	107,012	112,788	13,781	2076	11,660	126,570