Research Article
Maximization of Site-Specific Solar Photovoltaic Energy Generation through Tilt Angle and Sun-Hours Optimization
Table 3
Average daily solar energy outputs for January to June tilt angles.
| Energy (kWh/m2/day) | | λJan | λFeb | λMar | λApr | λMay | λJun |
| January | 6.9295 | 6.7339 | 6.2994 | 6.6265 | 6.8818 | 6.9401 | February | 6.8230 | 6.8061 | 6.5961 | 6.7669 | 6.8230 | 6.7883 | March | 6.4023 | 6.6242 | 6.7189 | 6.6765 | 6.4675 | 6.3116 | April | 5.5683 | 6.0555 | 6.4977 | 6.2109 | 5.7065 | 5.4187 | May | 4.7352 | 5.4008 | 6.0854 | 5.6272 | 4.9215 | 4.5463 | June | 4.2988 | 5.0376 | 5.8255 | 5.2940 | 4.5042 | 4.0933 | July | 4.5003 | 5.2056 | 5.9461 | 5.4483 | 4.6970 | 4.3025 | August | 4.9729 | 5.5931 | 6.2152 | 5.8013 | 5.1471 | 4.7941 | September | 6.1476 | 6.4638 | 6.6809 | 6.5526 | 6.2388 | 6.0357 | October | 6.7279 | 6.7786 | 6.6544 | 6.7652 | 6.7462 | 6.6770 | November | 6.9203 | 6.7615 | 6.3732 | 6.6682 | 6.8823 | 6.9211 | December | 6.9261 | 6.6827 | 6.1885 | 6.5570 | 6.8659 | 6.9494 | Monthly average | 5.9127 | 6.1786 | 6.3401 | 6.2496 | 5.9902 | 5.8148 | Annual totals | 70.952 | 74.143 | 76.081 | 74.994 | 71.881 | 69.778 |
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