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  2. Global Solar Atlas - Wikipedia

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    Global Solar Atlas (GSA v2.2): screenshot of the interactive map interface (status Jun 2020). Site detail view (in this case for the location Bhadla, Rajasthan, India) summarises the data important for preliminary site assessment of a photovoltaic power plant Global map of Photovoltaic Power Potential downloadable via the Global Solar Atlas (GSA 2.2) Download section feature with more than a ...

  3. Solar irradiance - Wikipedia

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    Global Map of Global Horizontal Radiation [5] Global Map of Direct Normal Radiation [5]. There are several measured types of solar irradiance. Total solar irradiance (TSI) is a measure of the solar power over all wavelengths per unit area incident on the Earth's upper atmosphere.

  4. Solar activity and climate - Wikipedia

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    The finding that solar activity was approximately the same in cycles 14 and 24 applies to all solar outputs that have, in the past, been proposed as a potential cause of terrestrial climate change and includes total solar irradiance, cosmic ray fluxes, spectral UV irradiance, solar wind speed and/or density, heliospheric magnetic field and its ...

  5. Solar map - Wikipedia

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    Though solar maps are illustrated in many forms, a solar map essentially records where and to what extent a certain location experiences a certain amount of sunlight or radiation. It normally combines topographic, meteorological, and sometimes financial data [ 1 ] to help scholars or consumers and investors in promoting awareness of the ...

  6. Solar energy - Wikipedia

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    Total global annual solar energy potential amounts to 1,575 EJ (minimum) to 49,837 EJ (maximum) Data reflects assumptions of annual clear sky irradiance, annual average sky clearance, and available land area. All figures given in Exajoules. Quantitative relation of global solar potential vs. the world's primary energy consumption:

  7. Solar power by country - Wikipedia

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    Total solar power in Spain reached nearly 7 GW by the end of 2016 including both installed PV and CSP. [99] Nearly 8 TWh of electricity was generated from photovoltaics, and 5 TWh from CSP plants in 2016. [100] Solar PV accounted for nearly 3% of total electricity generation in 2016 along with an additional of 1.9% from solar thermal. [101]

  8. Solar power in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The distribution of solar resources across Africa is fairly uniform, with more than 85% of the continent's landscape receiving a global solar horizontal irradiation at or over 2,000 kWh/(m 2 year). [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Also, the theoretical reserves of Africa's solar energy are estimated at 60,000,000 TWh/year, which accounts for almost 40% of ...

  9. Earth's energy budget - Wikipedia

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    Of the ~340 W/m 2 of solar radiation received by the Earth, an average of ~77 W/m 2 is reflected back to space by clouds and the atmosphere and ~23 W/m 2 is reflected by the surface albedo, leaving ~240 W/m 2 of solar energy input to the Earth's energy budget. This amount is called the absorbed solar radiation (ASR).