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Long-term variability of solar irradiance and its implications for photovoltaic power in West Africa

  • This paper addresses long-term changes in solar irradiance for West Africa (3° N to 20° N and 20° W to 16° E) and its implications for photovoltaic power systems. Here we use satellite irradiance (Surface Solar Radiation Data Set-Heliosat, Edition 2.1, SARAH-2.1) to derive photovoltaic yields. Based on 35 years of data (1983–2017) the temporal and regional variability as well as long-term trends of global and direct horizontal irradiance are analyzed. Furthermore, at four locations a detailed time series analysis is undertaken. The dry and the wet season are considered separately.

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Document Type:Preprint
Language:English
Author:Ina Neher, Susanne Crewell, Stefanie Meilinger, Uwe Pfeifroth, Jörg Trentmann
Parent Title (English):Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions
Article Number:306
Number of pages:25
ISSN:1680-7375
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-49649
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-306
Publisher:Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH
Place of publication:Göttingen
Publishing Institution:Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Date of first publication:2020/05/20
Publication status:Final published Version: Neher, I., Crewell, S., Meilinger, S., Pfeifroth, U., and Trentmann, J.: Photovoltaic power potential in West Africa using long-term satellite data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 12871–12888, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-12871-2020, 2020
Copyright:© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Departments, institutes and facilities:Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften und Kommunikation
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC):5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 551 Geologie, Hydrologie, Meteorologie
Entry in this database:2020/07/02
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International