Solar Power Calculator
Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi also announced in the COP26 Global Climate Summit at Glasgow that
ISRO would offer the world a gift of a Solar Power Calculator. He said that it
would help decide the location of solar energy projects across the globe.
PM Modi added that it would strengthen the 'One Sun, One World, One Grid'
initiative.
Indian space agency Indian
Space Research Organization (ISRO) has developed an Android app, named
“Solar Power Calculator”, for computing the solar energy potential of any
location. ISRO has demonstrated this new method for the
identification of the best-suited locations for the installing of solar power
generation farms across the world. ISRO has developed this calculator using
data obtained from its own Earth Observation Satellites (Kalpana-1, INSAT-3D
and INSAT-3DR) that are continuously
monitoring the planet, from Geostationary orbit (36,000 kms above the earth's
equator). This android App for the computation of solar energy potential
has been developed by Space Applications Centre (SAC), ISRO,
Ahmedabad.
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| ISRO-Chairman Dr. K. Sivan |
The Chairman of ISRO. Dr. K Sivan has said that Solar Power Calculator is a technology demonstration proposal that is using data from Earth Observation Satellites (EOS). He told, "It is about using satellite data and identifying potential areas where maximum solar energy is available per year, across the globe. We will be collecting this data, analyzing, mapping it and sharing it online and via a mobile application. Mapping this data and sharing it would help countries decide their upcoming solar power projects."
According to ISRO, the android app allow
users to calculate monthly / yearly solar potential (kWh/m2) and
minimum / maximum temperature at any location. It also displays the location on
the satellite image and provides azimuth / elevation angles as well as day
length over different time periods in a year.
The Solar Power Calculator App has following major features :
- The App provides solar energy potential (in kWh/m2) at any given location.
- The required location can be keyed in or can be obtained through GPS.
- It gives monthly and yearly solar potential processed using Indian Geostationary Satellite data (Kalpana-1, INSAT-3D and INSAT-3DR). It also offers monthly minimum and maximum temperature to calculate realistic solar potential.
- Location is displayed on image with satellite data in the background.
- It also provides azimuth and elevation angles, and day length over different time periods in a year.
- Obstruction of sunlight due to terrain is also calculated using Digital Elevation Model (DEM).
- It also suggests optimum tilt angle for solar PV installation.
- This App needs internet connection to calculate the results.
- Complete report can be saved as a PDF file.
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