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DOI | 10.5194/acp-20-12871-2020 |
Photovoltaic power potential in West Africa using long-term satellite data | |
Neher I.; Crewell S.; Meilinger S.; Pfeifroth U.; Trentmann J. | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 1680-7316 |
起始页码 | 12871 |
结束页码 | 12888 |
卷号 | 20期号:21 |
英文摘要 | This paper addresses long-term historical changes in solar irradiance in West Africa (3 to 20° N and 20°W to 16° 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. According to the high spatial resolution SARAH-2.1 data record (0:05° *0:05°), solar irradiance is largest (up to a 300Wm-2 daily average) in the Sahara and the Sahel zone with a positive trend (up to 5Wm-2 per decade) and alower temporal variability (75Wm-2 between 1983 and 2017 for daily averages). In contrast, the solar irradiance is lower in southern West Africa (between 200Wm-2 and 250Wm-2) with a negative trend (up to -5Wm-2 per decade) and a higher temporal variability (up to 150Wm-2). The positive trend in the north is mostly connected to the dry season, whereas the negative trend in the south occurs during the wet season. Both trends show 95% significance. Photovoltaic (PV) yields show a strong meridional gradient with the lowest values of around 4 kWh kWp-1 in southern West Africa and values of more than 5.5 kWh kWp-1 in the Sahara and Sahel zone. © Author(s) 2020. |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | irradiance; photovoltaic system; satellite data; solar radiation; temporal variation; Sahara; Sahel [Sub-Saharan Africa] |
来源期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/247418 |
作者单位 | International Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Applied Science Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Grantham-Allee 20, Sankt Augustin, 53757, Germany; Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, Cologne, 50923, Germany; Deutscher Wetterdienst, Satellite-based Climate Monitoring, Frankfurter Straße 135, Offenbach, 63067, Germany |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Neher I.,Crewell S.,Meilinger S.,et al. Photovoltaic power potential in West Africa using long-term satellite data[J],2020,20(21). |
APA | Neher I.,Crewell S.,Meilinger S.,Pfeifroth U.,&Trentmann J..(2020).Photovoltaic power potential in West Africa using long-term satellite data.ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,20(21). |
MLA | Neher I.,et al."Photovoltaic power potential in West Africa using long-term satellite data".ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 20.21(2020). |
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