Evaluation of High-Resolution Satellite-Derived Solar Radiation Data for PV Performance Simulation in East Africa

Access to reliable, clean, modern cooking enhances life chances. One option is photovoltaic cooking systems. Accurate solar data are needed to ascertain to what extent these can satisfy the needs of local people. In this paper, we investigate how to choose the most accurate satellite-derived solar i...

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Autores principales:	Diane Palmer, Richard Blanchard
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	solar radiation satellite-derived irradiance global horizontal irradiance clear sky model ground stations validation Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ea340f707f7642f1b2f86e0ae74e483a2021-11-11T19:33:13ZEvaluation of High-Resolution Satellite-Derived Solar Radiation Data for PV Performance Simulation in East Africa10.3390/su1321118522071-1050https://doaj.org/article/ea340f707f7642f1b2f86e0ae74e483a2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/11852https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Access to reliable, clean, modern cooking enhances life chances. One option is photovoltaic cooking systems. Accurate solar data are needed to ascertain to what extent these can satisfy the needs of local people. In this paper, we investigate how to choose the most accurate satellite-derived solar irradiance database for use in Africa. This is necessary because there is a general shortage of ground measurements for Africa. The solar data are needed to model the output of solar cooking systems, such as a solar panel, battery and electric pressure cooker. Four easily accessible global horizontal irradiation (GHI) satellite databases are validated against ground measurements using a range of statistical tests. The results demonstrate the impact of the mathematical measure used and the phenomenon of balancing errors. Fitting of the satellite model to the appropriate climate zone and/or nearby measurements improves accuracy, as does higher spatial and temporal resolution of input parameters. That said, all the four databases reviewed were found to be suitable for simulating PV yield in East Africa.Diane PalmerRichard BlanchardMDPI AGarticlesolar radiationsatellite-derived irradianceglobal horizontal irradianceclear sky modelground stationsvalidationEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11852, p 11852 (2021)
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topic	solar radiation satellite-derived irradiance global horizontal irradiance clear sky model ground stations validation Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	solar radiation satellite-derived irradiance global horizontal irradiance clear sky model ground stations validation Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Diane Palmer Richard Blanchard Evaluation of High-Resolution Satellite-Derived Solar Radiation Data for PV Performance Simulation in East Africa
description	Access to reliable, clean, modern cooking enhances life chances. One option is photovoltaic cooking systems. Accurate solar data are needed to ascertain to what extent these can satisfy the needs of local people. In this paper, we investigate how to choose the most accurate satellite-derived solar irradiance database for use in Africa. This is necessary because there is a general shortage of ground measurements for Africa. The solar data are needed to model the output of solar cooking systems, such as a solar panel, battery and electric pressure cooker. Four easily accessible global horizontal irradiation (GHI) satellite databases are validated against ground measurements using a range of statistical tests. The results demonstrate the impact of the mathematical measure used and the phenomenon of balancing errors. Fitting of the satellite model to the appropriate climate zone and/or nearby measurements improves accuracy, as does higher spatial and temporal resolution of input parameters. That said, all the four databases reviewed were found to be suitable for simulating PV yield in East Africa.
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title	Evaluation of High-Resolution Satellite-Derived Solar Radiation Data for PV Performance Simulation in East Africa
title_short	Evaluation of High-Resolution Satellite-Derived Solar Radiation Data for PV Performance Simulation in East Africa
title_full	Evaluation of High-Resolution Satellite-Derived Solar Radiation Data for PV Performance Simulation in East Africa
title_fullStr	Evaluation of High-Resolution Satellite-Derived Solar Radiation Data for PV Performance Simulation in East Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluation of High-Resolution Satellite-Derived Solar Radiation Data for PV Performance Simulation in East Africa
title_sort	evaluation of high-resolution satellite-derived solar radiation data for pv performance simulation in east africa
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Evaluation of High-Resolution Satellite-Derived Solar Radiation Data for PV Performance Simulation in East Africa

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