Solar Resource Mapping of AL Duqm Industrial Area

作     者：Yousuf AL-Hatmi C. S. Tan Sultan al Al-Yahyai Abdullah Al-Badi 

作者机构：Department of Electrical and Power Engineering Universiti Tenaga Nasional Malaysia PO Box 290 PC 314 Muludah Oman Institute of Energy Policy and Research Universiti Tenaga Nasional Malaysia National Meteorological Service PO Box 1 PC 111 Muscat Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) Oman Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering PO Box 42 PC 123 Muscat-123 Sultan Qaboos University Oman 

出 版 物：《IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science》 

年 卷 期：2016年第32卷第1期

摘      要：The Sultanate of Oman has one of the highest percentages of potential solar radiation in the world, which puts it in an outstanding position to horde electricity generation plants through photovoltaic solar systems. Oman consists of 11 governorates, and each governorate is divided into many Willyiah, which are made up of small villages. Willyiah of Al Duqm is located in Al Wusta Governorate (19°39 42 N 57°42 17 E) in central-eastern Oman. This paper proposes the use of a monthly average hourly diffuse illuminance from meteorological data and from a Geographic Information System (GIS) to identify the best plots suitable for installing photovoltaic solar farms in the Al Duqm Industrial Area. Solar data collected in this study shows that the highest average annual solar radiation data recorded is 5,764 Wh/m2 in the Al Duqm area. Solar radiation data from 2000 to 2012 has been collected for further analysis. The Annual Energy Production (AEP) simulated using ArcGIS ranges between 6,028 Wh/m2 and 3,668 Wh/m2. This shows a very close estimation between simulation results and the data collected from the meteorological department in Oman.