/ January 05, 2015 - October 31, 2016
Wind and Solar PV Resource Aggregation Study for South Africa
Partners | CSIR (South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) |
Client | CSIR (South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) |
Funding by | CSIR (South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) |
Duration | 01.05.2015 - 31.10.2016 |
Editers | Kaspar Knorr, Stefan Bofinger, Britta Zimmermann, Ann-Katrin Gerlach |
The »Wind and Solar PV Resource Aggregation Study for South Africa« was carried out to increase the fact base and understanding of aggregated wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) power profiles for different spatial distributions of these renewable energy sources throughout the whole country. Potential to generate electricity from wind and solar PV energy was determined based on data sets for five years covering the whole country with a spatial resolution of 5 km by 5 km and a temporal resolution of 15 minutes. Aggregation effects were investigated for a number of geographical distribution scenarios with varying penetrations of solar PV and wind energy.