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Positive Impact of Red Soil on Albedo and the Annual Yield of Bifacial Photovoltaic Systems in Ghana

  • The annual yield of bifacial photovoltaic systems is highly dependent on the albedo of the underlying soil. There are currently no published data about the albedo of red soil in western Africa. In this study, the impact of the albedo of red soil in Ghana on the energy yield of bifacial photovoltaic systems is analysed. A bifacial photovoltaic simulation model is created by combining the optical view factor matrix with an electrical output simulation. For an exact simulation, the albedo of red soil at three different locations in Ghana is measured for the first time. The average albedo of every red soil is clearly determined, as well as the measurement span including instrumentation uncertainty; values between 0.175 and 0.335 were measured. Considering these data, a state-of-the-art bifacial photovoltaic system with an average of 19.8% efficient modules in northern Ghana can achieve an annual energy yield of 508.8 kWh/m2 and a bifacial gain of up to 18.3% in comparison with monofacial photovoltaic panels. To summarise, red soil in two out of three locations in Ghana shows higher albedo values than most natural ground surfaces and therefore positively impacts the annual yield of bifacial photovoltaic systems.
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Author:Eva-Maria Grommes, Ulf Blieske, Jean-Régis Hadji-Minaglou
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:832-epub4-22249
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/en16042042
ISSN:1996-1073
Parent Title (English):Energies
Descirption of the primary publication:19.02.2023
Publisher:MDPI
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of first Publication:2023/05/12
Date of Publication (online):2023/05/12
GND-Keyword:Sonnenergie
Tag:Bifacial Photovoltaic; Photovoltaic Systems; Power System Simulation; Renewable Energy Simulation; Solar Energy
Volume:16
Issue:4
Page Number:12
Institutes:Anlagen, Energie- und Maschinensysteme (F09) / Fakultät 09 / Cologne Institute for Renewable Energy
Dewey Decimal Classification:500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik
Open Access:Open Access
OA-Publicationfonds TH Köln:OA-Publicationfonds TH Köln
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International