Research Article
Assessment of Stand-Alone Residential Solar Photovoltaic Application in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Gambia
Table 3
Monthly meteorological data imported to the PVSyst [
18].
| | Months | Global irradiation (kWh/m2/month) | Diffuse irradiation (kWh/m2/month) | Ambient temperature (C) | Wind velocity (m/s) |
| | January | 161.8 | 51.4 | 26.0 | 3.7 | | February | 160.7 | 55.7 | 27.1 | 4.0 | | March | 205.2 | 58.1 | 27.7 | 4.3 | | April | 212.1 | 52.1 | 28.4 | 4.4 | | May | 199.6 | 64.1 | 28.4 | 4.2 | | June | 174.6 | 63.7 | 27.7 | 4.0 | | July | 169.9 | 69.2 | 26.5 | 3.1 | | August | 166.2 | 78.5 | 26.1 | 2.8 | | September | 163.8 | 77.0 | 26.2 | 2.4 | | October | 170.2 | 69.8 | 27.5 | 2.3 | | November | 159.9 | 49.2 | 29.2 | 4.0 | | December | 152.5 | 50.5 | 27.3 | 4.3 | | Year | 2056.5 | 739.4 | 27.3 | 3.4 |
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