Assessment of the National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB 1998-2016): Preprint
Applying traceable and standardized uncertainty characterization for solar resource data provides confidence in the data set for use by financiers, developers, and site operators of solar energy conversion systems, and ultimately this reduces deployment cost. Performance guarantees of solar energy conversion systems are based on the available solar resource from measurement stations or modeled data sets, such as the National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB). In this study, we implemented a comprehensive uncertainty determination approach (1). The study also analyzed how the NSRDB (1998-2016): Version 3 compares with the previous NSRDB (1998-2015): Version 2. The study also attempted to estimate the uncertainty differences derived by comparing the NSRDB data to the seven measurement stations from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Surface Radiation Budget Network (SURFRAD) and University of Oregon Solar Radiation Monitoring Laboratory (SRML). The evaluation was conducted for hourly values, daily totals, monthly mean daily totals, and annual mean monthly mean daily totals, and it demonstrates the quality of the new data sets currently available from the NSRDB.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1465643
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5D00-71607
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the 2018 World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-7), 10-15 June 2018, Waikoloa, Hawaii
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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