Table 8.

HOMER simulation results for various types of solar PV systems.

No.	Type	Capacity (kW)	COE (USD$/kWh)	NPC (USD$)	Unmet electric load (%)	No. of PV units required to achieve the desired demand of 20 MW $\left(\mathrm{N}\mathrm{o}.\mathrm{o}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{P}\mathrm{V}\mathrm{u}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{s}=\frac{20\mathrm{M}\mathrm{W}}{\mathrm{C}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{p}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{i}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{y}\mathrm{o}\mathrm{f}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{h}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{s}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{l}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{c}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{d}\mathrm{P}\mathrm{V}\mathrm{t}\mathrm{y}\mathrm{p}\mathrm{e}}\right)$
1	Ingeteam (1164kVA) with Generic PV	1164	0.08792	42.8 M	78.3	18
2	Schneider ConextCoreXC 680 kW with Generic PV	680	0.08787	42.8 M	78.3	30
3	Studer VarioString VS-120 with Generic PV	680	0.08828	42.8 M	78.4	30
4	Studer VarioTrack VT-65 with Generic PV	680	0.08746	42.8 M	78.2	30
5	Studer VarioTrack VT-80 with Generic PV	680	0.08746	42.8 M	78.2	30
6	Schneider ConextCoreXC 630 kW with Generic PV	630	0.08771	42.8 M	78.2	32
7	Schneider ConextCoreXC 540 kW with Generic PV	540	0.08803	42.8 M	78.3	38
8	SolarMax 500RX A with Generic PV	500	0.08828	42.8 M	78.4	40
9	SMA Sunny Tripower 60-US with Generic PV	60	0.08838	42.8 M	78.4	334
10	Huawei SUN2000 30 kW with Generic PV	30	0.08789	42.8 M	78.3	667
11	Huawei SUN 2000 25 kW with Generic PV	25	0.08903	42.8 M	78.5	800
12	Schneider Conext CL25000 E with generic PV	25	0.09871	42.8 M	80.6	800
13	Fronius Symo 24.0–3-M with Generic PV	24	0.08870	42.8 M	78.5	834
14	Fronius Symo 20.0–3-M with Generic PV	20	0.08879	42.8 M	78.5	1000
15	Schneider Conext CL20000 E with generic PV	20	0.09871	42.8 M	80.6	1000
16	Fronius Primo 8.2–1 with Generic PV	8.25	0.08955	42.8 M	78.7	2425
17	Fronius Symo 8.2–3-M with Generic PV	8.2	0.08883	42.8 M	78.5	2420
18	Fronius Symo 4.5–3-S with Generic PV	4.4	0.08867	42.8 M	78.5	4546
19	Fronius Galvo 3.1–1 with Generic PV	2.48	0.09023	42.8 M	78.8	8065

NPC = net present cost; COE = cost of energy.