Kansas

Area: 212687.74 km2

The regional statistics of solar resource and PVOUT are calculated from long-term averages based on the period from 1994/1999/2007 (depending on the
region) to 2018. The statistics were prepared for PV study.

 Report generated: 28 Nov 2022, 18:51

AREA INFO

Map data (min-max range) Per day

Speci c photovoltaic power output PVOUT 4.16 — 4.87 kWh/kWp

Direct normal irradiation DNI 4.74 — 6.14 kWh/m 2

Global horizontal irradiation GHI 4.31 — 5.09 kWh/m 2

Diffuse horizontal irradiation DIF 1.52 — 1.62 kWh/m 2

Global tilted irradiation GTI 5.05 — 6.02 kWh/m 2

Optimum tilt of PV modules OPTA 33 — 37 °

Air temperature TEMP 11.3 — 15.1 °C

Terrain elevation ELE 0 — 0 m

Map

100 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 4.48 kWh/kWp Average 5.28 kWh/m 2

Maximum 4.87 kWh/kWp Maximum 6.14 kWh/m 2

Percentile 90 4.74 kWh/kWp Percentile 90 5.77 kWh/m 2

Percentile 75 4.63 kWh/kWp Percentile 75 5.51 kWh/m 2

Percentile 50 (Median) 4.47 kWh/kWp Percentile 50 (Median) 5.21 kWh/m 2

Percentile 25 4.33 kWh/kWp Percentile 25 5.01 kWh/m 2

Percentile 10 4.24 kWh/kWp Percentile 10 4.88 kWh/m 2

Minimum 4.16 kWh/kWp Minimum 4.74 kWh/m 2

Cumulative distribution function Cumulative distribution function

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

80 Perc75 80 Perc75

60 60
Perc50 Median Perc50 Median
[%]
[%]

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

4.4 % 2.3 %
4.80 6.00
4.80 — 4.60 25.5 % 6.00 — 5.80 6.4 %
4.60 — 4.40 31.2 % 5.80 — 5.60 10.5 %
4.40 — 4.20 35.8 % 5.60 — 5.40 14.6 %
less than 4.20 3.1 % 5.40 — 5.20 17.1 %
100.0 % 5.20 — 5.00 25.2 %
5.00 — 4.80 20.6 %
less than 4.80 3.3 %
100.0 %

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GHI - AREA ANALYSIS DIF - AREA ANALYSIS

Statistics Statistics
Global horizontal irradiation Diffuse horizontal irradiation

Average 4.64 kWh/m 2 Average 1.59 kWh/m 2

Maximum 5.09 kWh/m 2 Maximum 1.62 kWh/m 2

Percentile 90 4.91 kWh/m 2 Percentile 90 1.61 kWh/m 2

Percentile 75 4.78 kWh/m 2 Percentile 75 1.60 kWh/m 2

Percentile 50 (Median) 4.62 kWh/m 2 Percentile 50 (Median) 1.59 kWh/m 2

Percentile 25 4.50 kWh/m 2 Percentile 25 1.58 kWh/m 2

Percentile 10 4.41 kWh/m 2 Percentile 10 1.57 kWh/m 2

Minimum 4.31 kWh/m 2 Minimum 1.52 kWh/m 2

Cumulative distribution function Cumulative distribution function

Global horizontal irradiation Diffuse horizontal irradiation
100 100
Perc90 Perc75

80 Perc75 80

Perc10

60 60
Perc50 Median
[%]

[%]

40 40

Perc25

20 Perc10 20

0 0
4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 5 5.1 1.6

Distribution Distribution
Global horizontal irradiation Diffuse horizontal irradiation

more than more than

3.8 % 30.5 %
5.00 1.60
5.00 — 4.80 18.7 % less than 1.60 69.5 %
4.80 — 4.60 31.5 % 100.0 %
4.60 — 4.40 36.7 %
less than 4.40 9.3 %
100.0 %

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GTI - AREA ANALYSIS OPTA - AREA ANALYSIS

Statistics Statistics
Global tilted irradiation Optimum tilt of PV modules

Average 5.48 kWh/m 2 Average 36 °

Maximum 6.02 kWh/m 2 Maximum 37 °

Percentile 90 5.83 kWh/m 2 Percentile 90 37 °

Percentile 75 5.67 kWh/m 2 Percentile 75 36 °

Percentile 50 (Median) 5.45 kWh/m 2 Percentile 50 (Median) 36 °

Percentile 25 5.27 kWh/m 2 Percentile 25 35 °

Percentile 10 5.17 kWh/m 2 Percentile 10 34 °

Minimum 5.05 kWh/m 2 Minimum 33 °

Cumulative distribution function Cumulative distribution function

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

Perc50 Median
Perc75 80
80

60 60
Perc50 Median
[%]
[%]

Perc25

40
40

Perc25

20
20 Perc10
Perc10

0
0
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35

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37

Distribution Distribution
Global tilted irradiation Optimum tilt of PV modules

more than more than 36 20.0 %

12.4 %
5.80
36 — 35 36.0 %
5.80 — 5.60 20.6 %
35 — 34 31.5 %
5.60 — 5.40 23.5 %
less than 34 12.5 %
5.40 — 5.20 29.2 %
100.0 %
less than 5.20 14.3 %
100.0 %

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TEMP - AREA ANALYSIS ELE - AREA ANALYSIS

Statistics Statistics
Air temperature Terrain elevation

Average 13.1 °C Average 585 m

Maximum 15.1 °C Maximum 1228 m

Percentile 90 14.3 °C Percentile 90 976 m

Percentile 75 13.6 °C Percentile 75 784 m

Percentile 50 (Median) 13.1 °C Percentile 50 (Median) 510 m

Percentile 25 12.4 °C Percentile 25 382 m

Percentile 10 11.8 °C Percentile 10 307 m

Minimum 11.3 °C Minimum 217 m

Cumulative distribution function Cumulative distribution function

Air temperature Terrain elevation
100 100
Perc90 Perc90

80 Perc75 80 Perc75

60 60
Perc50 Median Perc50 Median
[%]
[%]

40 40

Perc25
Perc25

Perc10
20
20
Perc10

0
0
27 8
5

38 7
5

49 6
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59 5
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70 4
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81 3
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92 2
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Distribution Distribution
Air temperature Terrain elevation

more than more than

1.0 % 8.4 %
15.0 1000
15.0 — 14.0 13.7 % 1000 — 800 15.4 %
14.0 — 13.0 40.7 % 800 — 600 16.5 %
13.0 — 12.0 30.9 % 600 — 400 30.4 %
less than 12.0 13.7 % less than 400 29.3 %
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 (©
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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