… This rate represents the base-case weighted average cost of capital for power distribution
utilities in Oman and is recommended by the Authority for Electricity Regulation to be used for …

… of the electrical power produced is based on natural gas. Although most of Oman population
has access to electricity, … As Oman is thinly populated and geographically spread, the power …

… PV-electricity generation tends to be more cost effective in the ‘sun-belt’ region from about
40N to 40S: Oman lies within this region, ie between 17N and 26N, and hence the prospects …

… employ Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER) to find the best
photovoltaic system (PV) for Oman’s conditions and to analyze the costs and the resulting polluting …

… is the largest consumer of electricity in Oman, we develop a … PV/battery technologies, that
operate without recourse to the … electricity prices, reducing the unit cost of the PV panel (UC …

… In this paper, a model is designed to assess wind and solar power cost per kWh … photovoltaic
(PV) panels at two sites in Oman, which then can be generalised for other locations in Oman…

… assess solar power cost per k Wh of energy produced using different sizes of PV, batteries …
area in Oman has been determined. The system has a daily load of 4.7 kWh/day, 3.08 kW PV …

… Moreover, enhancing the efficiency of the PEM fuel cell considered in this study could further
reduce losses in hydrogen conversion to electricity, thus lowering the unit cost of hydrogen …

… range of 0.026 USD/kWh in Oman by the authority for electricity regulation [26] given in Table
… , wind onshore, geothermal and solar PV in order of increasing capital cost. In the extreme, …

… In this paper, the sizing of an electrical power system for the … of Oman to design and optimize
the net project cost and the … the net project cost and the economic efficiency of the PV grid-…