Ireland

Area: 68890.00 km2

 Report generated: 8 Mar 2021, 20:59

AREA INFO

Map data (min-max range) Per day

Speci c photovoltaic power output PVOUT 2.15 — 2.82 kWh/kWp

Direct normal irradiation DNI 1.39 — 2.31 kWh/m 2

Global horizontal irradiation GHI 2.30 — 2.82 kWh/m 2

Diffuse horizontal irradiation DIF 1.50 — 1.63 kWh/m 2

Global tilted irradiation GTI 2.51 — 3.31 kWh/m 2

Optimum tilt of PV modules OPTA 34 — 39 °

Air temperature TEMP 6.8 — 11.1 °C

Terrain elevation ELE -3 — 1038 m

Map

200 km
100 mi Leaflet | Satellite tiles © Esri

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PVOUT - AREA ANALYSIS DNI - AREA ANALYSIS

Statistics Statistics
Speci c photovoltaic power output Direct normal irradiation

Average 2.51 kWh/kWp Average 1.86 kWh/m 2

Maximum 2.82 kWh/kWp Maximum 2.31 kWh/m 2

Percentile 90 2.64 kWh/kWp Percentile 90 2.05 kWh/m 2

Percentile 75 2.56 kWh/kWp Percentile 75 1.94 kWh/m 2

Percentile 50 (Median) 2.51 kWh/kWp Percentile 50 (Median) 1.85 kWh/m 2

Percentile 25 2.45 kWh/kWp Percentile 25 1.76 kWh/m 2

Percentile 10 2.38 kWh/kWp Percentile 10 1.68 kWh/m 2

Minimum 2.15 kWh/kWp Minimum 1.39 kWh/m 2

Cumulative distribution function Cumulative distribution function

Speci c photovoltaic power output Direct normal irradiation
100 100
Perc90
Perc90

Perc75

80 80 Perc75

Perc50 Median
Perc50 Median

60 60
[%]
[%]

40 40
Perc25

Perc25

20
20
Perc10
Perc10

0
0
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Distribution Distribution
Speci c photovoltaic power output Direct normal irradiation

more than more than

15.8 % 2.9 %
2.60 2.20
2.60 — 2.40 71.4 % 2.20 — 2.00 12.2 %
less than 2.40 12.8 % 2.00 — 1.80 50.7 %
100.0 % 1.80 — 1.60 30.7 %
less than 1.60 3.5 %
100.0 %

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GHI - AREA ANALYSIS DIF - AREA ANALYSIS

Statistics Statistics
Global horizontal irradiation Diffuse horizontal irradiation

Average 2.53 kWh/m 2 Average 1.58 kWh/m 2

Maximum 2.82 kWh/m 2 Maximum 1.63 kWh/m 2

Percentile 90 2.66 kWh/m 2 Percentile 90 1.62 kWh/m 2

Percentile 75 2.58 kWh/m 2 Percentile 75 1.60 kWh/m 2

Percentile 50 (Median) 2.53 kWh/m 2 Percentile 50 (Median) 1.58 kWh/m 2

Percentile 25 2.47 kWh/m 2 Percentile 25 1.56 kWh/m 2

Percentile 10 2.42 kWh/m 2 Percentile 10 1.55 kWh/m 2

Minimum 2.30 kWh/m 2 Minimum 1.50 kWh/m 2

Cumulative distribution function Cumulative distribution function

Global horizontal irradiation Diffuse horizontal irradiation
100 100
Perc90 Perc75

Perc75
80 80
Perc25

Perc50 Median
60 60
[%]

[%]

40 Perc25 40

Perc10
20 20
Perc10

0 0
2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 1.4 1.5 1.6

Distribution Distribution
Global horizontal irradiation Diffuse horizontal irradiation

more than more than

20.3 % 25.9 %
2.60 1.60
2.60 — 2.40 72.1 % less than 1.60 74.1 %
less than 2.40 7.6 % 100.0 %
100.0 %

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GTI - AREA ANALYSIS OPTA - AREA ANALYSIS

Statistics Statistics
Global tilted irradiation Optimum tilt of PV modules

Average 2.94 kWh/m 2 Average 37 °

Maximum 3.31 kWh/m 2 Maximum 39 °

Percentile 90 3.10 kWh/m 2 Percentile 90 38 °

Percentile 75 3.01 kWh/m 2 Percentile 75 38 °

Percentile 50 (Median) 2.95 kWh/m 2 Percentile 50 (Median) 37 °

Percentile 25 2.86 kWh/m 2 Percentile 25 37 °

Percentile 10 2.78 kWh/m 2 Percentile 10 36 °

Minimum 2.51 kWh/m 2 Minimum 34 °

Cumulative distribution function Cumulative distribution function

Global tilted irradiation Optimum tilt of PV modules
100 100
Perc90
Perc75

Perc75

80 80

Perc25
60 60

Perc50 Median
[%]
[%]

40
40 Perc25

Perc10
20
20
Perc10

0
0
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2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4
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38

38

Distribution Distribution
Global tilted irradiation Optimum tilt of PV modules

more than more than 38 2.1 %

3.6 %
3.20
38 — 37 38.4 %
3.20 — 3.00 23.9 %
37 — 36 39.0 %
3.00 — 2.80 60.5 %
36 — 35 14.4 %
less than 2.80 12.0 %
35 — 34 5.1 %
100.0 %
less than 34 1.0 %
100.0 %

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TEMP - AREA ANALYSIS ELE - AREA ANALYSIS

Statistics Statistics
Air temperature Terrain elevation

Average 9.8 °C Average 109 m

Maximum 11.1 °C Maximum 866 m

Percentile 90 10.4 °C Percentile 90 224 m

Percentile 75 10.1 °C Percentile 75 134 m

Percentile 50 (Median) 9.9 °C Percentile 50 (Median) 82 m

Percentile 25 9.6 °C Percentile 25 51 m

Percentile 10 9.0 °C Percentile 10 26 m

Minimum 6.8 °C Minimum -7 m

Cumulative distribution function Cumulative distribution function

Air temperature Terrain elevation
100 100
Perc90 Perc90

Perc75 Perc75
80 80

Perc50 Median
Perc25
60 60
[%]

[%]

40 40
Perc25

Perc10

20 20
Perc10

0 0
2
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Distribution Distribution
Air temperature Terrain elevation

more than more than

33.8 % 1.9 %
10.0 400
10.0 — 9.0 55.5 % 400 — 200 10.6 %
9.0 — 8.0 7.8 % less than 200 87.5 %
less than 8.0 2.9 % 100.0 %
100.0 %

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GLOSSARY

Acronym Full name Unit Type of use

DIF Diffuse horizontal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average yearly, monthly or daily sum of diffuse horizontal irradiation (©
2019 Solargis)
DNI Direct normal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average yearly, monthly or daily sum of direct normal irradiation (© 2019
Solargis)
ELE Terrain elevation m, ft Elevation of terrain surface above/below sea level, processed and
integrated from SRTM-3 data and related data products (© 2019 SRTM
team)
GHI Global horizontal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or daily sum of global horizontal irradiation (©
2019 Solargis)
GTI Global tilted irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or daily sum of global tilted irradiation (© 2019
Solargis)
GTI_opta Global tilted irradiation at optimum angle kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or daily sum of global tilted irradiation for PV
modules x-mounted at optimum angle (© 2019 Solargis)
OPTA Optimum tilt of PV modules ° Optimum tilt of x-mounted PV modules facing towards Equator set for
maximizing GTI input (© 2019 Solargis)
PVOUT_total Total photovoltaic power output kWh, MWh, GWh Yearly and monthly average values of photovoltaic electricity (AC)
delivered by the total installed capacity of a PV system (© 2019 Solargis)
PVOUT_speci c Speci c photovoltaic power output kWh/kWp Yearly and monthly average values of photovoltaic electricity (AC)
delivered by a PV system and normalized to 1 kWp of installed capacity
(© 2019 Solargis)
TEMP Air temperature °C, °F Average yearly, monthly and daily air temperature at 2 m above ground.
Calculated from outputs of ERA5 model (© 2019 NOAA and NASA)

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