Research Article

A Novel Design and Optimization Software for Autonomous PV/Wind/Battery Hybrid Power Systems

Table 4

The cost contributions for each cost type for Dhahran site in HOMER software and NPCP.

ItemHOMER softwareNPCP
ICREPOMCSalvageICREPO & MSalvage

Cost contribution in total cost ($ millions)46.7820.1618.644−6.9249.1318.098.81−2.011
Cost contribution in total cost (%)59.525.6323.7−8.866.424.411.9−2.71