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With <strong>the</strong> life span of 20 years <strong>for</strong> solar modules, 3 years <strong>for</strong> batteries <strong>and</strong> 10 years <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>charge controllers <strong>and</strong> 0.5% of <strong>the</strong> total cost of <strong>the</strong> system as operational <strong>and</strong>maintenance cost, <strong>the</strong> LCOE was in <strong>the</strong> range of 0.61 to 0.90 USD/kWh in case of Nepal<strong>and</strong> 0.98 to 1.54 USD/kWh in case of Afghanistan. The variable range of LCOE within<strong>the</strong> country is because of variation in <strong>the</strong> insolation level available at different places. Thelower value of LCOE is <strong>for</strong> higher insolation. In ano<strong>the</strong>r study carried out in India, LCOEfrom a 35 Wp system was estimated to be 0.864 USD/kWh (Chaurey <strong>and</strong> K<strong>and</strong>pal. 2010).The solar insolation used in <strong>the</strong> case of India was 5.0 kWh/m2/day <strong>and</strong> day of operationof 365 days a year. The o<strong>the</strong>r conditions were more or less same. Only <strong>the</strong> majordifference was <strong>the</strong> chosen discount rate (0.12 in case of India).Table 1: Technical <strong>and</strong> economical parameters of SHS <strong>and</strong> WHS (2010)Country Afghanistan NepalDescription/Specification SHS a SHS b WHS cModule capacity in watt 60 40 400System cost in USD 305 132 188912 V-Battery AH-capability 100 AH 36 AH 4x100AHBattery life time in years 3 3 3Battery cost in USD 135 56 289Charger controller life in years 10 10 10Charge controller cost in USD 30 14 125Lighting <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs cost in USD 13 17 50Installation /transportation 60 25 174System life time 20 20 20Annual operational <strong>and</strong> maintenance27 12 39cost (0.5% <strong>for</strong> SHS <strong>and</strong> 2.5% <strong>for</strong>WHS)Solar insolation kWh/m2/day 4.5-7.0 3.5-8.5 -Average wind velocity (m/s) - - 3.4-6.5Levelized cost in USD/kWh 0.98-1.54 0.61 -0.90 0.46-3.2Data Source: MRRD/UNDP. Afghanistan a ; Dibya Urja Pvt. Ltd, Nepal b ; Krishna Grill, Nepal cIn case of Vietnam, LCOE was varying from 0.671 USD (in <strong>the</strong> south) to 0.840 USD (in<strong>the</strong> north) (Nguyen, 2007). The methodology <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> assumed parameters are more orless similar in both of <strong>the</strong>se cases. Besides, <strong>the</strong> LCOE from solar PV is comparativelyless in Nepal than that in case of Afghanistan. The reasons behind are <strong>the</strong> risk factorassociated in <strong>the</strong> business due to security reasons <strong>and</strong> also <strong>the</strong> weakly <strong>for</strong>med marketinfrastructure in <strong>the</strong> case of Afghanistan, where as <strong>the</strong> solar PV market has well definedstructure in <strong>the</strong> case of Nepal (Mainali <strong>and</strong> Silveira, 2011). The huge investments inresearch <strong>and</strong> development of solar PVs from mid-seventies to mid-eighties helped toRisø International <strong>Energy</strong> Conference 2011 Proceedings Page 367

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