{"Page SDG":"SDG07 Affordable and clean energy, SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities","Page URL":"https://www.appropedia.org/Shading_losses_in_solar_photovoltaic_potential_at_the_municipal_scale","Page affiliations":"Category:MOST","Page authors":"User:J.M.Pearce","Page description":"Recently several algorithms have been developed to calculate the  (PV) potential on the basis of 2.5D raster data that can capture urban morphology. This study provides a new algorithm that (i) incorporates both terrain and near surface shadowing effects on the beam component; (ii) scales down the diffuse components of global irradiation; and (iii) utilizes free and open source  and the module r.sun in modeling irradiation. This algorithm is semi-automatic and easy to upgrade or correct (no hand drawn areas), open source, detailed and provides rules of thumb for PV system design at the municipal level. The workflow is pilot tested on LiDAR data for 100 buildings in downtown Kingston, Ontario. Shading behavior was considered and suitable roof sections for solar PV installations selected using a multi-criteria objective. At sub-meter resolution and small time steps the effect of occlusion from near object was determined. Annual daily horizontal irradiation values were refined at 0.55m resolution and were shown to be lower than those obtained at 90 m by 30%. The robustness of r.sun as capable of working with different levels of surface complexity has been confirmed. Finally, the trade off of each computation option (spatial resolution, time step and shading effect) has been quantified at the meso scale, to assist planners in developing the appropriate computation protocols for their regions.","Page image":"File:Shading example.png","Page is part of":"Category:MOST completed projects and publications","Page keywords":"shading losses, solar photovolatic potential, pv, Photovoltaics, gis, osat, open source, grass, GIS","Page language":"en","Page license":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","Page title":"Shading losses in solar photovoltaic potential at the municipal scale","Page views":"149","Page year":"Sunday, 01-Jan-12 00:00:00 UTC","Project authors":"User:J.M.Pearce, H. T. Nguyen","Project coordinates":"43.621194444444, -84.682433333333","Project location":"Michigan, USA","Project status":"Designed, Modelled","Project thumb":"https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/thumb/5/5d/Shading_example.png/330px-Shading_example.png","Modification date":"Thursday, 27-Nov-25 23:59:29 UTC"}