Techno-Economic Feasibility Analysis of a Solar Photovoltaic Hybrid System for Rural Electrification in Sierra Leone for Zero Carbon Emission

Table 12

Technical and economic characteristics of the four scenarios.

	Scenario type
	Scenario A (SA)	Scenario B (SB)	Scenario C (SC)	Scenario D (SD)
Architecture	Diesel only	PV + diesel	PV + battery	PV + diesel + battery
NPC ($)	496,336	309,541	153,350	152,491
CC ($)	29,750	78,147	110,131	97,482
LCOE ($/kWh)	0.955	0.677	0.337	0.336
O&M ($)	23,201	24,141	937	1,266
Total electricity production (kWh/yr.)	91,869	137,090	112,728	75,121
Excess electricity produced (kWh/yr.)	31,483	75,877	47,952	10,165
Renewable fraction	0	0.10	1	0.87
Fuel consumption (L)	38,816	21,730	0	2,302
Greenhouse gas emission (kg/yr.)	103,103	57,733	0	6,117