Al Ahsa Governorate

20.649937°,051.742381°
Al Ahsa Governorate, Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia
Time zone: UTC+03, Asia/Riyadh [AST]

 Report generated: 7 Oct 2021

SITE INFO

Map data Per year Map

Direct normal irradiation DNI 2021.7 kWh/m 2

Global horizontal
GHI 2285.8 kWh/m 2
irradiation

Diffuse horizontal
DIF 888.5 kWh/m 2
irradiation

Global tilted irradiation at

GTI opta 2467.0 kWh/m 2
optimum angle

Optimum tilt of PV modules OPTA 26 /  180 °

Air temperature TEMP 29.1 °C

Terrain elevation ELE 158 m

500 m
2000 ft Leaflet | Satellite tiles © Esri

Horizon and sunpath

PVOUT map

300 km
200 mi Leaflet | PVOUT map © 2021 Solargis

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PV ELECTRICITY AND SOLAR RADIATION

PV system con guration

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Pv system: Small residential

Azimuth of PV panels: Default (180º)

Tilt of PV panels: 26º

Installed capacity: 1 kWp

Annual averages Average hourly pro les

Total photovoltaic power output and Global tilted irradiation Total photovoltaic power output [Wh]

1.804 2464.6
Jan Feb Mar Apr
1000 1000 1000 1000

2
MWh per year kWh/m per year 500 500 500 500

0 0 0 0
0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24
Monthly averages
Total photovoltaic power output May Jun Jul Aug
1000 1000 1000 1000
200
500 500 500 500

150
0 0 0 0
0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24
[kWh]

100 Sep Oct Nov Dec

1000 1000 1000 1000

50
500 500 500 500

0 0 0 0 0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24

UTC+03

Average hourly pro les

Total photovoltaic power output [Wh]

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
0-1
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-6 5 15 14 10 8 1 0
6-7 30 32 71 114 136 125 102 103 119 144 93 41
7-8 262 258 273 299 303 277 239 255 323 378 355 303
8-9 458 459 462 465 450 421 378 407 493 556 535 489
9 - 10 614 620 615 592 566 531 493 531 622 679 664 628
10 - 11 713 734 713 668 631 599 568 605 694 744 734 714
11 - 12 748 772 745 687 650 618 594 626 709 753 738 733
12 - 13 727 752 716 659 621 593 571 597 673 707 696 704
13 - 14 648 672 641 585 547 524 507 528 587 614 598 617
14 - 15 516 544 516 462 431 415 398 412 455 469 450 473
15 - 16 335 364 345 301 281 274 262 269 287 280 259 288
16 - 17 68 139 134 133 126 131 127 122 99 42 31 38
17 - 18 1 12 13 16 16 13 1
18 - 19
19 - 20
20 - 21
21 - 22
22 - 23
23 - 24
Sum 5,119 5,345 5,231 4,982 4,770 4,539 4,266 4,474 5,064 5,366 5,154 5,027

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PV ELECTRICITY AND SOLAR RADIATION

Annual averages Average hourly pro les

Direct normal irradiation Direct normal irradiation [Wh/m2]

2019.5
Jan Feb Mar Apr
1000 1000 1000 1000

2
kWh/m per year 500 500 500 500

0 0 0 0
0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24
Monthly averages
Direct normal irradiation May Jun Jul Aug
1000 1000 1000 1000
300
500 500 500 500

0 0 0 0
[kWh/m 2]

200 0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24

Sep Oct Nov Dec

1000 1000 1000 1000
100

500 500 500 500

0 0 0 0 0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24

UTC+03

Average hourly pro les

Direct normal irradiation [Wh/m2]

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
0-1
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-6 11 41 34 14 14 3
6-7 68 66 141 205 269 233 134 149 218 295 182 82
7-8 422 387 368 386 415 368 258 284 425 549 514 464
8-9 560 533 506 513 524 481 364 396 549 674 638 591
9 - 10 668 645 619 600 602 561 444 488 648 764 723 683
10 - 11 739 731 689 651 641 605 495 537 702 813 774 746
11 - 12 768 761 709 666 655 617 511 552 715 819 776 761
12 - 13 756 746 692 652 640 605 499 538 684 782 747 739
13 - 14 707 695 650 600 596 566 459 487 621 717 688 686
14 - 15 620 612 562 515 513 484 382 399 523 618 589 593
15 - 16 493 487 443 398 401 372 278 289 399 480 445 462
16 - 17 127 253 237 260 260 240 163 168 198 101 75 82
17 - 18 2 37 41 39 22 21 1
18 - 19
19 - 20
20 - 21
21 - 22
22 - 23
23 - 24
Sum 5929 5917 5617 5495 5598 5204 4022 4322 5685 6612 6151 5891

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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 (©
2021 Solargis)

DNI Direct normal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average yearly, monthly or daily sum of direct normal irradiation (© 2021
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 (SRTM v4.1 ©
2004 - 2021, CGIAR-CSI)

GHI Global horizontal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or daily sum of global horizontal irradiation (©
2021 Solargis)

GTI Global tilted irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or daily sum of global tilted irradiation (© 2021
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 (© 2021 Solargis)

OPTA Optimum tilt of PV modules ° Optimum tilt of x-mounted PV modules facing towards Equator set for
maximizing GTI input (© 2021 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 (© 2021 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
(© 2021 Solargis)

TEMP Air temperature °C, °F Average yearly, monthly and daily air temperature at 2 m above ground.
Calculated from outputs of ERA5 model (© 2021 ECMWF, post-processed
by Solargis)

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