Specific Site and DNI

Hello,

I want to model CSP plants at a specific site with given latitudes and longitudes and a given database for DNI.
How do I model that into SAM.?
Thank you.

Hello,

Can you be more specific? Do you have weather data for the site?

For locations in the United States, you can use Location Lookup to download a weather file based on the latitude and longitude (or a street address).

Best regards,
Paul.

Hi,
I am trying to do a simulation for CSP also in Thailand but i can't download the weather data for Thailand from SAM......it always give a 10km satelite error message.

Hi Paul,
The location is a couple of sites in India.
I have the latitudes and longitudes of the sites
along with a reference weather data for a year.
Is there any way I can model that in to SAM.?

Dear Chinwendu,

Please see the following thread for a list of data sources for locations outside of the United States:

Sources of Non-U.S. Weather Data

Best regards,
Paul.

Dear vp16,

Please see the TMY3 Creator instructions in SAM's Help system:

Create TMY3 File

Also, NREL has a few SAM-ready weather files that you may already be aware of:

NREL India Solar Resource Maps

For the sake of completeness, here is a link to the list of EPW files available for India:

EnergyPlus Weather Data for India

Best regards,
Paul.