Figure 1
The flowchart is enclosed in a large horizontal rectangle. Inside the rectangle, there are four text boxes at the top arranged in a horizontal series and labeled from left to right as follows: “Solar irradiance data”, “Wind power profile”, “Hydropower flow assessment”, and “Peak power demand assessment”. Downward arrows from each lead to four text boxes in the second row labeled from left to right as “Solar power profile”, “Wind speed data”, “Hydropower production”, and “Power generated by a generator running on Liquid Natural Gas”. Downward arrows from each of these four text boxes merge and lead to a central hexagonal text box labeled “HOMER software”. Two text boxes on either side of the “HOMER software” labeled “Electricity load profile” on the left and “Component characteristics and cost data” on the right have arrows pointing toward “HOMER software”. A downward arrow from “HOMER software” leads to a text box labeled “Optimal hybrid energy system configuration”. From this box, six downward arrows lead to six text boxes arranged in a horizontal series labeled, from left to right, “Capital Expenditure”, “Operational Expenditure”, “Levelised Cost Of Energy (L C O E)”, “Net Present Value (N P V)”, “Payback Period”, and “Greenhouse gases and other emissions”.Schematic flow chart of the study process. Source: Authors’ own work