Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Domestic Photovoltaic System

Life cycle cost analysis is a systematic analytical method that helps identify and evaluate the environmental impacts of a specific process or competing processes. In order to quantify the costs. resource consumption, and energy use. material and energy balances are performed in a cradle-to-grave manner on the operations required to transform raw materials into useful products. In this study; life cycle cost analysis of photovoltaic energy systems, which using to supply electric for a house, connecting and non-connecting with the grid are calculated for Goller Region climatic conditions. Parametric studies show that, life cycle cost assessment of photovoltaic systems which are connecting and non-connecting with the grid are calculated 0.40 and 0.67 $/kWh, respectively. Also, it was found that, the costs per unit of capacity decrease with electricity production capacity, until a maximum capacity is reached.