Hello,
I have just run my first simulation using the PVWatts performance model to characterize the solar potential of three locations in Canada. Basically I'm intrested in very general variables like Annual AC energy per year and the energy yield per year. I am asked to confirm these values by running the same simulation using data from another source than NSRB, like NASA for example. I was wondering whether there is a way to do this. I obtained the NASA data from the POWER Data Access Viewer here:
power.larc.nasa.gov/data-access-viewer/
The proposed downloadable parameters related to solar energy on this website are the following: All Sky Surface Shortwave Downward Irradiance, Clear Sky Surface Shortwave Downward Irradiance, All Sky Insolation Clearness Index, All Sky Surface Longwave Downward Irradiance, All Sky Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation Total, Clear Sky Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation Total, All Sky Surface UVA Irradiance, All Sky Surface UVB Irradiance, All Sky Surface UV Index.
Can I use some of these parameters to create an input csv or txt file to SAM and calculate yearly Annual AC energy and energy yield? I apologize for the long post, I was aiming for clarity ...
Thank you very much!
Ege