Techno-Economic Comparisons of HVAC and Simultaneous AC-DC Transmission

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Item</td><td class="align_center">Total cost (USD)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Converter station and zigzag transformer cost</td><td class="align_center">186,033,443.32</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Engineering and administration (5% of the total cost)</td><td class="align_center">9,301,672.17</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total project cost</td><td class="align_center">195,335,115.49</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Physical contingency (5% of the total cost)</td><td class="align_center">9,766,755.774</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Price contingency (10% of the total project cost)</td><td class="align_center">19,533,511.55</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Grand total</td><td class="align_center">224,635,382.81</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Simultaneous AC-DC transmission system investment cost.</div>

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Table 5

Table 5: Techno-Economic Comparisons of HVAC and Simultaneous AC-DC Transmission 