Assessment of the National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB 1998-2016): Preprint

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Abstract

Applying traceable and standardized uncertainty characterization for solar resource data provides confidence in the data set for use by financiers, developers, and site operators of solar energy conversion systems, and ultimately this reduces deployment cost. Performance guarantees of solar energy conversion systems are based on the available solar resource from measurement stations or modeled data sets, such as the National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB). In this study, we implemented a comprehensive uncertainty determination approach (1). The study also analyzed how the NSRDB (1998-2016): Version 3 compares with the previous NSRDB (1998-2015): Version 2. The study also attempted to estimate the uncertainty differences derived by comparing the NSRDB data to the seven measurement stations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Surface Radiation Budget Network (SURFRAD) and University of Oregon Solar Radiation Monitoring Laboratory (SRML). The evaluation was conducted for hourly values, daily totals, monthly mean daily totals, and annual mean monthly mean daily totals, and it demonstrates the quality of the new data sets currently available from the NSRDB.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2018
Event2018 World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-7) - Waikoloa, Hawaii
Duration: 10 Jun 201815 Jun 2018

Conference

Conference2018 World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-7)
CityWaikoloa, Hawaii
Period10/06/1815/06/18

Bibliographical note

See NREL/CP-5D00-73702 for paper as published in IEEE proceedings

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-5D00-71607

Keywords

  • National Solar Radiation Database
  • NSRDB

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