Economic Efficiency Assessment of Autonomous Wind/Diesel/Hydrogen Systems in Russia

<table>Zones of technological efficiency with the load power of 50 kW(a) and 1000 kW (b) and prospective indices of electrolyzer, hydrogen tank, and fuel cells for the scheme in Figure <a href="../fig3/">3</a>. <svg height="11.375" id="M44" style="vertical-align:-0.1638pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 12.7375 11.375" width="12.7375" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg> is the average wind speed at a height of 10 m, <svg height="13.3" id="M45" style="vertical-align:-3.50804pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 10.2 13.3" width="10.2" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg> is the diesel price, WT are the wind turbines, DG is the diesel generator, and FC are the fuel cells.</table>

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Figure 8: Economic Efficiency Assessment of Autonomous Wind/Diesel/Hydrogen Systems in Russia 