Charanka Solar Park
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Charanka Solar Park, a large thin-film photovoltaic (PV) power system, is being built on a 2,000 ha plot of land near Charanka village in Patan district
, northern Gujarat. The power station will be a 500-megawatt solar power
system using state-of-the-art thin film
technology, and should be finished by the end of 2014. The installation will be in the Gujarat state in western India
, to be built on a 2,000 hectares plot of land near the village of Charanka. The investment cost for the Charanka solar park amounts to some US$280 million. At completion the project will save around 8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
of being released into the atmosphere and around 900,000 tonnes of coal
and natural gas
per year.
Parameters for Tilted Solar Panels:
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Monthly Averaged Radiation Incident On An Equator-Pointed Tilted Surface (kWh/m2/day)
Lat 23.906
Lon 71.198 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Average
SSE HRZ 4.20 4.80 5.67 6.36 6.68 6.17 5.05 4.80 5.19 4.87 4.23 3.92 5.16
K 0.60 0.59 0.59 0.60 0.60 0.55 0.45 0.45 0.53 0.57 0.58 0.59 0.56
Diffuse 1.14 1.41 1.69 1.94 2.12 2.35 2.46 2.32 1.96 1.55 1.24 1.08 1.78
Direct 6.01 5.95 6.26 6.48 6.55 5.48 3.71 3.59 4.91 5.58 5.68 5.78 5.49
Tilt 0 4.07 4.77 5.60 6.24 6.65 6.14 5.03 4.69 5.12 4.83 4.09 3.82 5.09
Tilt 8 4.52 5.15 5.84 6.31 6.56 6.02 4.96 4.70 5.25 5.13 4.49 4.27 5.26
Tilt 23 5.17 5.63 6.06 6.20 6.15 5.56 4.66 4.55 5.30 5.50 5.04 4.94 5.39
Tilt 38 5.53 5.82 5.95 5.77 5.43 4.85 4.17 4.19 5.09 5.58 5.33 5.34 5.25
Tilt 90 4.39 4.12 3.41 2.47 1.92 1.80 1.78 1.91 2.69 3.70 4.08 4.39 3.05
OPT 5.59 5.82 6.06 6.31 6.65 6.14 5.03 4.70 5.31 5.58 5.36 5.44 5.66
OPT ANG 48.0 39.0 26.0 10.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 18.0 34.0 45.0 50.0 22.8
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Monthly Averaged Air Temperature At 10 m Above The Surface Of The Earth (°C)
Lat 23.906
Lon 71.198 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Average
22-year Average 21.8 23.9 28.7 31.4 32.1 30.7 28.7 28.3 29.4 30.0 27.0 23.3 27.9
Minimum 16.7 18.6 23.3 26.3 27.4 27.3 26.1 25.7 26.1 25.5 22.2 18.3 23.6
Maximum 27.1 28.9 33.5 36.0 36.9 34.2 31.3 31.0 32.6 34.2 31.9 28.7 32.2
Monthly Averaged Wind Speed At 10 m Above The Surface Of The Earth For Terrain Similar To Airports (m/s)
Lat 23.906
Lon 71.198 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Average
10-year Average 3.29 3.40 3.55 3.82 4.44 4.18 3.81 3.34 3.01 2.71 2.80 3.05 3.45
Patan district
Patan district is one of the 26 districts of Gujarat state in western India. This district is located in northern Gujarat and bounded by Banaskantha district in the north and northeast, Mehsana district in the east and southeast, Surendranagar district in the south and Kutch District and the Kutch...
, northern Gujarat. The power station will be a 500-megawatt solar power
Solar power
Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar radiation, along with secondary solar-powered resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for most of the available...
system using state-of-the-art thin film
Thin film
A thin film is a layer of material ranging from fractions of a nanometer to several micrometers in thickness. Electronic semiconductor devices and optical coatings are the main applications benefiting from thin film construction....
technology, and should be finished by the end of 2014. The installation will be in the Gujarat state in western India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, to be built on a 2,000 hectares plot of land near the village of Charanka. The investment cost for the Charanka solar park amounts to some US$280 million. At completion the project will save around 8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...
of being released into the atmosphere and around 900,000 tonnes of coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
and natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
per year.
Parameters for Tilted Solar Panels:
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Monthly Averaged Radiation Incident On An Equator-Pointed Tilted Surface (kWh/m2/day)
Lat 23.906
Lon 71.198 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Average
SSE HRZ 4.20 4.80 5.67 6.36 6.68 6.17 5.05 4.80 5.19 4.87 4.23 3.92 5.16
K 0.60 0.59 0.59 0.60 0.60 0.55 0.45 0.45 0.53 0.57 0.58 0.59 0.56
Diffuse 1.14 1.41 1.69 1.94 2.12 2.35 2.46 2.32 1.96 1.55 1.24 1.08 1.78
Direct 6.01 5.95 6.26 6.48 6.55 5.48 3.71 3.59 4.91 5.58 5.68 5.78 5.49
Tilt 0 4.07 4.77 5.60 6.24 6.65 6.14 5.03 4.69 5.12 4.83 4.09 3.82 5.09
Tilt 8 4.52 5.15 5.84 6.31 6.56 6.02 4.96 4.70 5.25 5.13 4.49 4.27 5.26
Tilt 23 5.17 5.63 6.06 6.20 6.15 5.56 4.66 4.55 5.30 5.50 5.04 4.94 5.39
Tilt 38 5.53 5.82 5.95 5.77 5.43 4.85 4.17 4.19 5.09 5.58 5.33 5.34 5.25
Tilt 90 4.39 4.12 3.41 2.47 1.92 1.80 1.78 1.91 2.69 3.70 4.08 4.39 3.05
OPT 5.59 5.82 6.06 6.31 6.65 6.14 5.03 4.70 5.31 5.58 5.36 5.44 5.66
OPT ANG 48.0 39.0 26.0 10.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 18.0 34.0 45.0 50.0 22.8
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Monthly Averaged Air Temperature At 10 m Above The Surface Of The Earth (°C)
Lat 23.906
Lon 71.198 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Average
22-year Average 21.8 23.9 28.7 31.4 32.1 30.7 28.7 28.3 29.4 30.0 27.0 23.3 27.9
Minimum 16.7 18.6 23.3 26.3 27.4 27.3 26.1 25.7 26.1 25.5 22.2 18.3 23.6
Maximum 27.1 28.9 33.5 36.0 36.9 34.2 31.3 31.0 32.6 34.2 31.9 28.7 32.2
Monthly Averaged Wind Speed At 10 m Above The Surface Of The Earth For Terrain Similar To Airports (m/s)
Lat 23.906
Lon 71.198 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Average
10-year Average 3.29 3.40 3.55 3.82 4.44 4.18 3.81 3.34 3.01 2.71 2.80 3.05 3.45