where Co is the capital cost of wind turbine entered into the
HOMER software,the replacement cost and the maintenance cost
are taken as 90% and 0.1% of the capita lcost,respectively.
The battery 6CS25P manufactured by Surrette is selected for
the simulation; it is a 6 V,1156 Ah battery with life throughput of
9645 kWh. The capital,replacement and maintenance cost of the
battery are taken as$900,$850 and $0.1/kWh,respectively [34].
The capital cost and replacement cost of the power converter is
taken as$800/kW and $750/kW,respectively [34]. The project life