An Economic Evaluation of the use of Wind Farms in Iran, Taking into Account the Effect of Energy Price Liberalization Policy

Table 4.

Levelized cost of Diesel power plant and wind power plant

LCOEt($/kWh) LCOEw ($/kWh) Fuel cost

Diesel Wind 660kW Wind 2MW

0.176 0.083 0.083 Subsidies (10 cents/liter)
0.742 0.083 0.083 30 cents/liter
0.183 0.099 0.1 50 cents/liter
0.19 0.115 0.117 70 cents/liter
0.196 0.131 0.134 90 cents/liter
0.886 0.099 0.1 110 cents/liter
1.03 0.115 0.117 130 cents/liter
1.174 0.131 0.134 150 cents/liter