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The Development of Photovoltaic Resource Maps for Canada

Pelland, S., Mckenney, D. W., Poissant, Y., Morris, R., Lawrence, K., Campbell, K. and Papadopol, P.
2006
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Solar Energy Society of Canada (SESCI) 2006, Montreal, Canada

Pelland, S., Mckenney, D. W., Poissant, Y., Morris, R., Lawrence, K., Campbell, K. and Papadopol, P., (2006), "The Development of Photovoltaic Resource Maps for Canada", Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Solar Energy Society of Canada (SESCI) 2006, Montreal, Canada.
Abstract:
We describe the development of new, Web-based maps of insolation and photovoltaic energy potential across Canada. The maps will be made available on the Natural Resources Canada website. They are presented for each month and summed for the entire year, for 5 different surface orientations: a sun-tracking orientation and 4 fixed South-facing orientations with latitude, vertical and latitude ¡À 15¡ã tilts. The models used to generate the maps are based on 1974-1993 (CERES, Environment Canada) monthly mean daily global insolation data. Insolation values were interpolated over the country in a regular grid (grid size: 300 arc seconds ~10km grid) using thin-plate smoothing splines. The models used are based on position (longitude, latitude) and precipitation (used as a surrogate for cloudiness). Photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation potential for grid-connected photovoltaic systems (in kWh per kilowatt of photovoltaic installed power capacity) was estimated from the radiation models for all fixed surface orientations for each grid cell using standard international values for the performance ratio of grid-connected photovoltaic systems. To demonstrate the value of the models beyond the maps we also developed a database of the photovoltaic production potential of over 3500 municipalities across Canada and produced a ranking of provincial capitals and major cities in terms of PV production potential, and a list of the best "PV hotspot" for each province.

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Author Information and Other Publications Notes
Pelland, S.
  1. An Evaluation of the Potential of Building Integrated Photovoltaics in Canada
  2. Spatial insolation models for photovoltaic energy in Canada  
Mckenney, D. W.
  1. Spatial insolation models for photovoltaic energy in Canada  
Poissant, Y.
  1. An Evaluation of the Potential of Building Integrated Photovoltaics in Canada
  2. Performance monitoring of the Nunavut arctic college PV system: nine years of reliable electricity generation
  3. Spatial insolation models for photovoltaic energy in Canada  
Morris, R.
  1. Spatial insolation models for photovoltaic energy in Canada  
Lawrence, K.
  1. Spatial insolation models for photovoltaic energy in Canada  
Campbell, K.
  1. Spatial insolation models for photovoltaic energy in Canada  
Papadopol, P.
  1. Spatial insolation models for photovoltaic energy in Canada  


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