Technoeconomic Analysis of Ducted Wind Turbines and Their Slow Acceptance on the Market

Table 2

Base values used for the comparison of the LUCE of the DSWES and the SWES.

Input parameter	SWES	DSWES
Useful life of wind electric generator (years)	20	20
Useful life of wind turbine inverter and controller (years)	10	10
Useful life of civil works (years)	20	20
Useful life of battery bank (years)	7	7
Annual O&M of DSWES/SWES as a fraction of its capital cost	0.02	0.04
Discount rate as a fraction	0.10	0.10

Source: Nouni et al. [13].