Solar Power Map Canada

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Solar power map canada.

The photovoltaic pv potential represents the expected lifetime average electricity production in kwh produced per kilowatt of installed photovoltaic dc capacity rated at. To make the above maps the multiyear solar irradiance was calculated from the nsrdb. Regions of high solar potential based on global horizontal irradiation being located in the british columbia interior southern alberta southern saskatchewan southern manitoba ontario southern quebec new brunswick southern nova scotia and western prince edward island. Solar resource data sets.

The maps below provide for each canadian province the average solar energy yield dc output of pv modules from various mounting systems. The global solar atlas provides a summary of solar power potential and solar resources globally. Canada has plentiful solar energy resources thanks to its large area. 2 axis tracker vertical axis tracker vat polar tracker.

Each pixel represents an area of 10 x 10 km an extremely fine resolution. The worst place in canada is at the small research base located in eureka nunavut which has a solar energy potential of just 780 kwh kw yr. The best place in canada for producing solar power is torquay saskatchewan with a solar energy potential of 1384 kwh kw yr. To view and use these data sets you need appropriate geographic information system software.

These derived data sets are provided below as geospatial rasters. The maps give the annual energy yield in kwh per kwp of pv solar system installed on various mounting systems. Free solar maps of canada created by ecosmart from solar data collected from 235 weather stations across canada and or suny satellite data. These interactive maps available soon give estimates of photovoltaic potential in kwh kwp and of the mean daily global insolation in mj m2 and in kwh m2 for any location in canada on a 60 arc seconds 2 km grid.

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