These interactive maps available soon give estimates of photovoltaic potential in kwh kwp and of the mean daily global insolation in mj m2 and in kwh m2 for any location in canada on a 60 arc seconds 2 km grid.
Solar power map canada.
The maps are based on a 10 km x 10 km grid i e.
The 750 million project led by calgary s greengate power will consist of 1 5 million solar panels and generate about 800 million kwh kilowatt hours a year enough to power more than 100 000.
Free solar maps of canada created by ecosmart from solar data collected from 235 weather stations across canada and or suny satellite data.
The global solar atlas provides a summary of solar power potential and solar resources globally.
These derived data sets are provided below as geospatial rasters.
The photovoltaic pv potential represents the expected lifetime average electricity production in kwh produced per kilowatt of installed photovoltaic dc capacity rated at.
Solar resource data sets.
To make the above maps the multiyear solar irradiance was calculated from the nsrdb.
The maps below provide for each canadian province the average solar energy yield dc output of pv modules from various mounting systems.
To view and use these data sets you need appropriate geographic information system software.
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The worst place in canada is at the small research base located in eureka nunavut which has a solar energy potential of just 780 kwh kw yr.
Each pixel represents an area of 10 x 10 km an extremely fine resolution.
It is provided by the world bank group as a free service to governments developers and the general public and allows users to quickly obtain data and carry out a simple electricity output calculation for any location covered by the solar resource database.
The maps give the annual energy yield in kwh per kwp of pv solar system installed on various mounting systems.
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Canada has plentiful solar energy resources thanks to its large area.