Open AccessDeveloping a spatially and temporally explicit solar resource dataset for Great Britain
Author(s) -
Thomson R. Camilla,
Sun Wei,
Harrison Gareth P.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2051-3305
DOI - 10.1049/joe.2018.9264
Subject(s) - solar resource , photovoltaic system , resource (disambiguation) , roof , computer science , solar energy , investment (military) , empirical modelling , meteorology , environmental science , environmental resource management , environmental economics , operations research , civil engineering , simulation , geography , engineering , economics , electrical engineering , computer network , politics , law , political science
Existing dispatch and infrastructure investment tools for modelling the Scottish energy system do not currently include solar photovoltaic resource. This study describes the development of three spatially and temporally explicit solar resource datasets for use in these models, for domestic, commercial roof‐mounted and ground‐mounted arrays. They include the whole of Great Britain (GB) and are based on empirical weather data for 2000–2015. They are expected to be a valuable resource for energy system modelling in GB.