Table 5 Summary of the technical and economic criteria for the optimal design of the hybrid SPV/DG system
Energy model | Economic factors | DG factors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daily solar | SPV | DG | Battery | Inverter | Initial | Operating ($/year) | NPC ($) | Diesel | DG |
(kWh/m 2 ) | (kW) | (kW) | (unit) | (kW) | Capital | (L) | (h) | ||
5.1 (Malaysia) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.5 | $11,210 | 1,993 | 40,188 | 1,880 | 6,091 |
3 (Germany) | 3.5 | 1 | 6 | 1.5 | $10,750 | 4,436 | 80,044 | 1,886 | 5,862 |