Abstract
A recent effort from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has led to a new radiative transfer model, Fast All-sky Radiation Model for Solar applications with Narrowband Irradiances on Tilted surfaces (FARMS-NIT), to efficiently compute plane-of-array (POA) irradiance. This model has been implemented by the National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB) to provide photovoltaic (PV) resource over Central and North America in both narrow- and broad wavelength bands. This study conducts a comprehensive evaluation of the PV resource dataset using surface-based observations in various climate zones. The results demonstrate the PV resource has an excellent agreement with the cloudy-sky observations from thermopiles and reference cells.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 7 |
| State | Published - 2020 |
| Event | 37th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2020) - Duration: 7 Sep 2020 → 11 Sep 2020 |
Conference
| Conference | 37th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2020) |
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| Period | 7/09/20 → 11/09/20 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-5D00-77790
Keywords
- NSRDB
- POA irradiance
- solar radiation
