Prospects of solar energy in the coastal areas of Nigeria

Journal Article · Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2016 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940283· OSTI ID:22494572

Emetere, Moses E., E-mail: [e-mail]; Akinyemi, Marvel L., E-mail: [e-mail] ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Covenant University Canaan land, P.M.B 1023, Ota (Nigeria)

The climatic factors in the coastal areas are cogent in planning a stable and functional solar farm. The experiment performed in this study entails a day-to-day solar radiation pattern in coastal areas. The results show that the solar radiation pattern in coastal region portends danger to the performance of solar photovoltaic (PV) module and its lifecycle. The efficiency of the PV module was tested in the harmattan where dust is a major hindrance. The results were related to meteorological parameters which influences the solar radiation over an area. The solar radiation pattern in coastal areas was traced to the solar sectional shading theory which was summarized and explained.

• OSTI ID: 22494572
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1705, Issue 1; Conference: 1. conference on progress in applied mathematics in science and engineering (PIAMSE) 2015, Bali (Indonesia), 29 Sep - 1 Oct 2015; Other Information: (c) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COASTAL REGIONS
EFFICIENCY
METEOROLOGY
NIGERIA
PERFORMANCE
PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR RADIATION