Research Article
Development of a Cost-Effective Solar/Diesel Independent Power Plant for a Remote Station
Table 3
Daily averaged solar incident on a horizontal surface.
| | Month | Clearness index | Daily radiation (kWh/m2/day) |
| | January | 0.628 | 5.280 | | February | 0.596 | 5.490 | | March | 0.543 | 5.460 | | April | 0.494 | 5.210 | | May | 0.448 | 4.760 | | June | 0.383 | 4.040 | | July | 0.374 | 3.950 | | August | 0.378 | 3.980 | | September | 0.402 | 4.090 | | October | 0.483 | 4.550 | | November | 0.578 | 4.950 | | December | 0.636 | 5.170 |
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Annual average monthly radiation (kWh m−2d−1: 4.74) [6, 7].
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