Title :
Estimation of Solar Radiation and PV Output Power in CAMEROON
Author :
Ismailou, A.A. ; Han, Min-xiao
Author_Institution :
North China Electr. Power Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Measurements of sunshine duration and average temperature data obtained from meteorological center in Cameroon spanning a period of 30 years (from 1961 to 1990) have been used to predict the availability of solar radiation at Yaounde (longitude11.31, latitude0.35N). Then we use ZABARA method to predict solar radiation from measured (available) sunshine duration. Finally HOMER software is employed to simulate the PV output power for the whole year.
Keywords :
solar power stations; solar radiation; sunlight; Cameroon spanning; meteorological center; solar radiation; sunshine duration measurement; Correlation; Meteorology; Power generation; Power systems; Radiation effects; Solar energy; Solar radiation;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2011 Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6253-7
DOI :
10.1109/APPEEC.2011.5748753
