PV Power

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.

Posted by Wayan Vota on May 5, 2009
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Wayan Vota

Inveneo

Wayan 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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