Solar Power Calculator for Africa
Matt Berg, a longtime friend of Inveneo, has published his off-grid solar calculator for public use. Its an excel-based toolkit to help with cost and design estimates when you are in the planning stages:
- Solar Toolkit - excel based solar calculator. Last updated 05.03.09. Please see instructions for proper usage.
- Solar Radiation Chart - useful for estimating peak solar of your location (# hours of day of strong sunlight)
- Solar Radiation Chart 2 - includes optimal PV inclination angles for facing the sun
Note that Matt says this is NOT intended to replace getting a detailed power estimate from a local solar expert who can best take in account the local conditions.
Wayan Vota
InveneoWayan Vota is a technology expert focused on appropriate information and communication technologies (ICT) for rural and underserved areas of the developing world. He is a Senior Director at Inveneo and is the editor of ICTworks
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Thank you but i need more help (A)
Submitted by Hussein Haji Sh abrar (not verified) on Thu, 12/24/2009 - 22:53Dear ictworks
my name is hussain and i'm from somalia thank you for the solar tool ket but what do i do when i want to calc from dc to ac i mean if i want to use ac things
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