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SolarIrradianceCalculator
Thissolarirradiancecalculatorshowsyouhowmuchpoweryou
getfromthesunatyourlocaononanaveragedayforevery
monthoftheyear.
Solarirradianceisameasureofthesunspower.Irradiancelevels
varyconsiderablyatdierentmesoftheyear,dependingonthe
seasons,theweatherandthemeofday.

Asimple,praccalguideto
usingelectricsolarpanels
anddesigningand
installingphotovoltaicPV
systems.

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needtotaketo
successfullydesignand
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photovoltaicsystemfrom
scratch.

OurIrradiancecalculatorprovidesmonthlyguresshowingthe
averagekWhpersquaremetreperdayofenergythatthesun
provides.

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HowtousetheSolarIrradianceCalculator
Selectyourcountryfromthelist
IfyouhaveselectedtheUnitedStatesorCanada,please
selectyourstateorprovince/territory.
Selectthetownorcitynearestwhereyoulive.
Thesolarirradiancecalculatorwillthenshowmonthly
guresshowingthesunsenergyasanaveragekWhper
squaremetersperday,foryourlocaon.

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Howyoucanusethesolarirradiancecalculatorinformaon
Theinformaonfromthesolarirradiancecalculatorcanbeused
tocalculatetheamountofpoweryoucangetfromdierent
formsofsolarenergysystems:
Tocalculatetheamountofsolarenergyyouwillgetfroma
photovoltaicsolarpanelforanaveragedayinanygiven
month,forexample,mulplythestatedwaageofthesolar
panelby75%(toaccountforinecienciesinthepower
generaonandcapture)andthenmulplyitbythe
kWh/daygureforthemonthinqueson.
statedwaageofpanel x 75% x
insolaongure=averagedailypower

monthly

IrradianceCalculatorExample:ifyouhavean80wasolar
power,andyourmonthlyinsolaongureis4.0,youmulply80
wasby75%togiveyou60wasandthenmulplythisby4.0to
equateto240W/h/dayofsolarenergy.
Tocalculatetheincreaseinwatertemperatureyouwillget
fromasolarhotwatercollectorforanaveragedayinany
givenmonth,mulplythesizeofthepanelincubicmetres
bytheeciencyofthepanel(typically4050%forahome
madepanel,6075%foracommercialpanel),mulplythis
bythekWh/daygureforthemonthinquesonandthen
mulplythisby860dividedbythetotalnumberoflitresof
wateryouareplanningtoheat.
sizeofpanelinm2 x paneleciency% x monthly
insolaongure x (860numberoflitresofwater)=
increasedwatertemperatureC.
IrradianceCalculatorExample:Ifyouhaveatwocubicmetre
solarwaterheaterthatis75%ecientandyourmonthly
insolaongureis4.0,yoursolarhotwatersystemisproducing
6kW/h/dayofhotwater.Ifyouareheangup200litresofwater,
youcanincreasethetemperatureofthewaterby25.8Cabove
theambientwatertemperature.

Solarcalculators
ThiscalculatorhasbeenprovidebyTheSolarElectricity
Handbook.Thewebsitealsoincludesothertools,includingafree
anglecalculatorandprojectanalysis.Ifyouareplanningaproject
thesearegreattoolsandwillassistyouwiththefullplanning
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