Life Cycle Cost Analysis for the Economic Viability for Solar and National Grid for Powering BTS

Abstract

In this work, an analysis of BTS power supply cost between solar photovoltaic (PV) system and National Grid in Nigeria. The BTS power supply cost analysed include cost of BTS power equipment acquisition, operation and maintenance.The methodology used in this work was to visit a BTS and access the load demand. The demand was now used to compute the life cycle cost for PV system and the National grid system. The result obtained shows that the cost of the National grid system was N47, 665,843.00  which was far cheaper compare to solar PV at N239.51M but because National grid power is epileptic and unsatisfactory. Solar PV is proposed to be used to power BTS in Nigeria

Keywords:photovoltaic system, National Grid, Base Transceiver Station, Life Cycle Cost, Solar Array etc.