Photovoltaic power potential in West Africa using long-term satellite data

Photovoltaic power potential in West Africa using long-term satellite data

This paper addresses long-term historical changes in solar irradiance in West Africa (3 to 20.sup." N and 20.sup." W to 16.sup." E) and the implications for photovoltaic systems. Here, we use satellite irradiance (Surface Solar Radiation Data Set - Heliosat, Edition 2.1 - SARAH-2.1) a...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Atmospheric chemistry and physics 2020-11, Vol.20 (21), p.12871-12888
Hauptverfasser: Neher, Ina, Crewell, Susanne, Meilinger, Stefanie, Pfeifroth, Uwe, Trentmann, Jörg
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aerosols
Analysis
Climate
Clouds
Datasets
Dry season
Information retrieval
Irradiance
Meteorological satellites
Photovoltaic cells
Photovoltaics
Radiation (Physics)
Radiation data
Rainy season
Satellite data
Satellites
Seasons
Solar energy
Solar energy industry
Solar irradiance
Solar radiation
Solar radiation data
Spatial discrimination
Spatial resolution
Spatial variations
Temperature data
Temporal variability
Temporal variations
Time series
Trends
Variability
Weather forecasting
Wet season
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:This paper addresses long-term historical changes in solar irradiance in West Africa (3 to 20.sup." N and 20.sup." W to 16.sup." E) and the implications for photovoltaic systems. Here, we use satellite irradiance (Surface Solar Radiation Data Set - Heliosat, Edition 2.1 - SARAH-2.1) and temperature data from a reanalysis (ERA5) to derive photovoltaic yields. Based on 35 years of data (1983-2017), the temporal and regional variability as well as long-term trends in global and direct horizontal irradiance are analyzed. Furthermore, a detailed time series analysis is undertaken at four locations.
ISSN:1680-7324
1680-7316
1680-7324
DOI:10.5194/acp-20-12871-2020