Meteorological data include temperature, humidity, wind speed, precipitation, and snow, and they affect the performance efficiency and degradation of photovoltaic systems.
Do meteorological parameters affect the variability of solar energy generation?
One challenge in adapting to energy generation using solar photovoltaic (PV) modules is its variability with changing weather conditions. In this study, we aim to determine the effect of meteorological parameters that have the most effect on the variability of solar energy generation (SEG).
The main meteorological parameters in this field are: These parameters are also significant for such issues as air pollution, avalanche warning, sun simulation, renewable energy industry, agriculture, forestry, water supply and distribution, town and regional planning.
Why do meteorological parameters vary?
All meteorological parameters are subject to short-term variations, normally caused by turbulences within the atmosphere. All meteorological parameters are influenced by solar radiation, directly or indirectly, and this results in typical daily or yearly trends.
Do meteorological parameters affect PV generation efficiency?
One of their key findings is that the majority of the models use irradiation, atmospheric temperature, and wind speed as input parameters. Xia (2021) used correlation analysis to study the relationship between some meteorological parameters to PV generation efficiency in China.
All meteorological parameters are influenced by solar radiation, directly or indirectly, and this results in typical daily or yearly trends. In order to be able to evaluate these typical trends it is necessary to compute the mean values from the actual ones measured over a specific period.
Does solar irradiation affect meteorological parameters?
Y.S. Kim et al. (2021) studied the correlation between meteorological parameters and power generated by a solar power plant in Samcheonpo, Korea. Using multilinear regression analysis, they determined that solar irradiation has the most significant impact followed by relative humidity.