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Table 13 Utility grid input specifications

From: Assessment of a decentralized grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) / wind / biogas hybrid power system in northern Nigeria

Parameter

Specification

Remark/reference

Purchase price ($/kWh)

0.06

[35]

Sellback price ($/kWh)

150% of 0.06

For better motivations to renewable energy projects

Net metering

Net purchase

On monthly basis as a choice

Emissions (g/kWhe)

CO2, 378; CO, 0.03; SO2, 1.9; NOx, 0.41; PM, 0.14

Calculated based on the country’s electricity mix ratio /[39]

Sales capacity (kW)

3000

Assumed maximum power to be sold to grid on an event of excess generation

Purchase capacity (kW)

1000

Assumed maximum power to be purchased from grid on an event of shortage