Preliminary assessment of site solar irradiance

Project Casablanca (Maroc)

Geographical coordinates 33.574592, -7.483351 (33°34'29", -07°29'00")
Report number P-14958-210713-0937
Type of report PROSPECT solar resource review
Generated by Solargis
Customer Qair Polska Sp. z o.o. (Poland)
Project name Casablanca
Address RN9, Casablanca, Maroc
Geographical coordinates 33.574592, -7.483351 (33°34'29", -07°29'00")
Time zone UTC+01, Africa/Casablanca [WEST], Daylight saving time not considered
Terrain elevation 105 m
Land cover Mosaic natural vegetation (>50%) / cropland
Population density 28289 inh./km²
Terrain azimuth quasi flat
Terrain slope 1°
Location on the map https://apps.solargis.com/prospect/map?c=33.574592,-7.483351,10&s=33.574592,-
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Solar radiation and meteorological parameters

GHI DNI DIF D2G GTI_opta ALB

kWh/m² kWh/m² kWh/m² kWh/m²
Jan 92.4 126.9 36.0 0.390 138.4 0.15
Feb 108.8 127.7 41.7 0.384 145.8 0.16
Mar 156.1 156.4 58.7 0.376 183.3 0.17
Apr 186.1 173.0 66.5 0.357 193.4 0.17
May 212.6 183.2 77.7 0.365 200.4 0.17
Jun 217.7 180.3 80.2 0.369 197.4 0.18
Jul 225.7 180.8 86.6 0.383 209.6 0.19
Aug 205.8 171.4 79.4 0.386 206.6 0.18
Sep 168.8 162.0 61.3 0.363 189.4 0.16
Oct 132.4 141.6 52.0 0.393 168.4 0.16
Nov 96.8 126.1 37.7 0.390 139.8 0.14
Dec 84.8 127.1 32.1 0.378 133.0 0.14
Yearly 1888.0 1856.5 709.8 0.376 2105.4 0.16

Optimum tilt/azimuth for GTI_opta 31°/180°

TEMP WS RH PWAT PREC CDD HDD
°C m/s % kg/m² mm degree days degree days
13.3 3.8 75 15 70.0 1 136
13.8 3.9 74 15 59.0 4 115
15.8 4.0 73 16 53.0 13 84
17.0 4.1 72 17 40.0 23 55
19.4 4.1 71 20 19.0 60 18
21.8 3.8 70 22 4.0 110 1
23.2 3.9 69 23 1.0 147 0
23.7 3.7 70 25 0.0 173 0
22.5 3.6 71 26 7.0 126 0
20.7 3.6 71 24 31.0 96 2
16.9 3.9 71 19 58.0 22 40
14.4 4.0 74 16 82.0 4 98
18.5 3.9 72 20 424.0 778 550
Global horizontal irradiation - hourly averages [Wh/m²]

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0
3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0
4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-6 0 0 0 0 0 0
6-7 0 0 0 0 5 10
7-8 0 0 1 43 103 114
8-9 3 14 88 203 262 263
9 - 10 102 159 260 373 424 431
10 - 11 245 314 417 526 579 604
11 - 12 373 452 565 674 716 760
12 - 13 465 553 679 784 830 876
13 - 14 490 602 734 840 881 928
14 - 15 465 580 699 807 861 899
15 - 16 395 510 620 719 773 807
16 - 17 293 398 497 580 630 666
17 - 18 142 247 330 404 451 482
18 - 19 8 56 139 214 260 291
19 - 20 0 0 6 37 81 119
20 - 21 0 0 0 0 1 7
21 - 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 - 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 - 24 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sum 2980 3885 5035 6204 6857 7257

Direct normal irradiation - hourly averages [Wh/m²]

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0
3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0
4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-6 0 0 0 0 0 0
6-7 0 0 0 0 9 16
7-8 0 0 0 92 179 158
8-9 6 34 174 307 317 269
9 - 10 255 307 359 403 391 371
10 - 11 422 434 441 466 460 474
11 - 12 501 500 510 538 528 568
12 - 13 546 546 571 602 599 635
13 - 14 540 575 606 648 635 666
14 - 15 527 566 586 641 645 663
15 - 16 501 545 563 616 625 629
16 - 17 465 506 524 560 562 565
17 - 18 311 424 443 475 471 460
18 - 19 19 124 259 345 345 338
19 - 20 0 0 10 74 146 187
20 - 21 0 0 0 0 0 11
21 - 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 - 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 - 24 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sum 4094 4560 5045 5767 5911 6010

Air temperature - hourly averages [°C]

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

0-1 11.9 12.4 14.1 15.2 17.4 19.9
1-2 11.8 12.2 13.9 15.1 17.2 19.7
2-3 11.5 12.0 13.6 14.8 17.0 19.5
3-4 11.1 11.5 13.2 14.3 16.5 19.0
4-5 10.9 11.2 12.9 14.1 16.3 18.8
5-6 10.7 11.1 12.8 14.0 16.2 18.7
6-7 10.5 10.9 12.6 13.9 16.1 18.7
7-8 10.5 10.9 12.6 14.0 16.4 19.0
8-9 10.6 11.2 13.2 15.0 17.5 20.0
9 - 10 11.1 12.0 14.5 16.6 19.2 21.5
10 - 11 12.8 13.6 16.0 17.9 20.4 22.7
11 - 12 15.1 15.9 18.1 19.5 21.9 24.3
12 - 13 15.6 16.3 18.5 19.8 22.2 24.6
13 - 14 16.0 16.6 18.8 20.0 22.3 24.7
14 - 15 16.4 16.9 19.1 20.3 22.5 25.0
15 - 16 16.9 17.4 19.4 20.5 22.8 25.3
16 - 17 16.8 17.2 19.2 20.3 22.6 25.1
17 - 18 16.3 16.8 18.7 19.8 22.2 24.6
18 - 19 15.4 16.1 18.0 19.1 21.5 23.9
19 - 20 14.8 15.6 17.5 18.7 21.0 23.4
20 - 21 14.1 14.8 16.7 17.9 20.3 22.6
21 - 22 13.2 13.8 15.6 16.8 19.1 21.5
22 - 23 12.6 13.1 14.9 16.1 18.3 20.8
23 - 24 12.0 12.5 14.3 15.4 17.6 20.0
Sum 13.3 13.8 15.8 17.0 19.4 21.8
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 0
90 47 18 2 0 0
242 206 166 101 31 4
426 388 338 268 180 110
613 570 502 420 317 251
777 738 652 548 434 367
893 847 761 637 506 442
935 887 797 648 522 459
909 856 762 595 477 426
821 764 660 494 388 347
674 614 513 356 262 235
486 429 329 183 107 94
294 237 126 20 3 2
113 57 4 0 0 0
5 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
7280 6639 5628 4271 3225 2737

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0 0
114 65 36 2 0 0
238 235 261 199 78 10
360 356 384 371 345 277
 483 472 464 453 437 445
584 576 546 521 512 517
650 635 621 574 546 552
671 655 652 581 554 551
662 642 648 558 536 533
626 602 606 512 497 502
548 523 538 450 434 445
435 413 426 309 259 265
308 279 212 38 5 5
149 76 5 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
5833 5528 5399 4567 4203 4101

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

21.4 22.0 20.8 19.0 15.3 13.0
21.3 21.9 20.7 18.9 15.3 12.9
21.0 21.7 20.5 18.7 15.1 12.6
20.5 21.2 20.0 18.3 14.6 12.2
20.3 21.0 19.8 18.1 14.4 12.0
20.2 20.9 19.7 18.0 14.3 11.9
20.1 20.7 19.6 17.8 14.1 11.7
20.3 20.9 19.7 17.9 14.2 11.7
21.2 21.6 20.4 18.5 14.5 11.9
22.5 22.8 21.7 19.7 15.5 12.5
23.8 24.2 23.0 21.2 17.1 14.1
25.6 26.0 24.7 23.1 19.3 16.5
25.9 26.4 25.1 23.6 19.7 17.0
26.1 26.6 25.3 23.9 19.9 17.3
26.4 26.9 25.6 24.1 20.2 17.7
26.8 27.3 25.9 24.2 20.4 18.0
26.6 27.1 25.6 23.9 20.2 17.9
26.1 26.5 25.1 23.3 19.6 17.3
25.4 25.8 24.3 22.3 18.5 16.2
25.0 25.3 23.9 21.8 17.9 15.6
24.2 24.5 23.2 21.2 17.3 15.0
23.0 23.5 22.2 20.3 16.5 14.2
22.2 22.8 21.5 19.7 16.0 13.6
21.5 22.1 20.9 19.1 15.4 13.1
23.2 23.7 22.5 20.7 16.9 14.4
Glossary

Acronym Full name Unit Explanation

ALB Surface albedo Fraction of solar irradiance r
CDD Cooling degree days degree days Quantifies energy demand n
D2G Ratio of diffuse to global irradiation Ratio of diffuse horizontal ir
DIF Diffuse horizontal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average yearly, monthly or d
DNI Direct normal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average yearly, monthly or d
DNI_season DNI seasonality Ratio of maximum and mini
GHI Global horizontal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or
GHI_season GHI seasonality Ratio of maximum and mini
GTI_opta Global tilted irradiation at optimum angle kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or
HDD Heating degree days degree days Quantifies energy demand n
OPTA Optimum tilt of PV modules ° Optimum tilt of fix-mounted
PREC Precipitation (rainfall) mm Average yearly and monthly
PWAT Precipitable water kg/m² Precipitable water is the dep
RH Relative humidity % Average yearly or monthly r
SNOWD Snow days days Snow days are calculated as
TEMP Air temperature °C, °F Average yearly, monthly and
WS Wind speed m/s Average yearly, monthly and
 ction of solar irradiance reflected by surface. Ratio of upwelling to downwelling (GHI) radiative fluxes at the surface
antifies energy demand needed to cool a building. \"Cooling degree days\" are a measure of how much (in degrees), and for ho
tio of diffuse horizontal irradiation and global horizontal irradiation (DIF/GHI)
erage yearly, monthly or daily sum of diffuse horizontal irradiation
erage yearly, monthly or daily sum of direct normal irradiation
tio of maximum and minimum monthly averages of direct normal irradiation (DNI_month_max/DNI_month_min)
erage annual, monthly or daily sum of global horizontal irradiation
tio of maximum and minimum monthly averages of global horizontal irradiation (GHI_month_max/GHI_month_min)
erage annual, monthly or daily sum of global tilted irradiation for PV modules fix-mounted at optimum angle
antifies energy demand needed to heat a building. \"Heating degree days\" are a measure of how much (in degrees), and for h
timum tilt of fix-mounted PV modules facing towards Equator set for maximizing GTI input
erage yearly and monthly sums of precipitation
ecipitable water is the depth of water vapour in a column of the atmosphere, if all the water in that column were precipitated a
erage yearly or monthly relative humidity at 2 m above ground
ow days are calculated as days with snow water depth equivalent to or higher than 5 mm
erage yearly, monthly and daily air temperature at 2 m above ground
erage yearly, monthly and daily wind speed at 10 m above ground
 uxes at the surface
w much (in degrees), and for how long (in days), outside air temperature was higher than a specific base daily average temperat

DNI_month_min)

x/GHI_month_min)
timum angle
w much (in degrees), and for how long (in days), outside air temperature was lower than a specific base daily average temperat

at column were precipitated as rain. It indicates the amount of moisture above ground
c base daily average temperature (18°C). Yearly and monthly values are aggregated from daily values

c base daily average temperature (18°C). Yearly and monthly values are aggregated from daily values
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