Research Article
Economical Feasibility of Utilizing Photovoltaics for Water Pumping in Saudi Arabia
Table 4
Annual energy delivered and energy density for all the stations under consideration.
| Month | Dhahran | Riyadh | Jeddah | Guriat | Nejran | MWh | kWh/m² | MWh | kWh/m² | MWh | kWh/m² | MWh | kWh/m² | MWh | kWh/m² |
| Jan | 1.303 | 19.16 | 1.362 | 20.03 | 1.536 | 22.59 | 1.288 | 18.94 | 1.961 | 28.84 | Feb | 1.277 | 18.78 | 1.326 | 19.50 | 1.443 | 21.22 | 1.230 | 18.09 | 1.768 | 26.00 | Mar | 1.383 | 20.34 | 1.435 | 21.10 | 1.573 | 23.13 | 1.472 | 21.65 | 1.719 | 25.28 | Apr | 1.319 | 19.40 | 1.336 | 19.65 | 1.417 | 20.84 | 1.444 | 21.24 | 1.464 | 21.53 | May | 1.354 | 19.91 | 1.353 | 19.90 | 1.324 | 19.47 | 1.478 | 21.74 | 1.325 | 19.49 | Jun | 1.313 | 19.31 | 1.312 | 19.29 | 1.195 | 17.57 | 1.463 | 21.51 | 1.198 | 17.62 | Jul | 1.318 | 19.38 | 1.347 | 19.81 | 1.250 | 18.38 | 1.509 | 22.19 | 1.204 | 17.71 | Aug | 1.416 | 20.82 | 1.428 | 21.00 | 1.298 | 19.09 | 1.517 | 22.31 | 1.343 | 19.75 | Sep | 1.505 | 22.13 | 1.461 | 21.49 | 1.384 | 20.35 | 1.493 | 21.96 | 1.628 | 23.94 | Oct | 1.569 | 23.07 | 1.596 | 23.47 | 1.540 | 22.65 | 1.401 | 20.60 | 1.966 | 28.91 | Nov | 1.341 | 19.72 | 1.408 | 20.71 | 1.404 | 20.65 | 1.206 | 17.74 | 2.057 | 30.25 | Dec | 1.227 | 18.04 | 1.312 | 19.29 | 1.439 | 21.16 | 1.184 | 17.41 | 1.957 | 28.78 |
| Annual | 16.325 | 240.07 | 16.677 | 245.25 | 16.804 | 247.12 | 16.685 | 245.37 | 19.590 | 288.09 |
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