Preliminary assessment of site solar irradiance

Project Puerto Leguízamo

Geographical coordinates 0.133360°, -75.852200° (00°08'00", -075°51'08")
Report generated 27 May 2024
Generated by Global Solar Atlas
Map link https://globalsolaratlas.info/map?s=0.13336,-75.8522,10
Project Puerto Leguízamo
Location unnamed road, Puerto Leguízamo, PUT, Colombia
Geographical coordinates 0.133360°, -75.852200° (00°08'00", -075°51'08")
Time zone UTC-05, America/Bogota [COT]
Elevation 215 m
Map data

Specific photovoltaic power output PVOUT_specific 1332.6 kWh/kWp

Direct normal irradiation DNI 1039.2 kWh/m²
Global horizontal irradiation GHI 1676.5 kWh/m²
Diffuse horizontal irradiation DIF 920.4 kWh/m²
Global tilted irradiation at optimum angle GTI_opta 1678.5 kWh/m²
Air temperature TEMP 25.2 °C
Optimum tilt of PV modules OPTA 3°
Terrain elevation ELE 215 m
Monthly averages

DNI
kWh/m²
Jan 107.3
Feb 70.8
Mar 67.1
Apr 72.8
May 77.2
Jun 77.5
Jul 81.3
Aug 89.7
Sep 102.7
Oct 101.6
Nov 99.8
Dec 106.1
Yearly 1053.9
Average hourly profiles

Direct normal irradiation [Wh/m²]

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0
3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0
4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-6 0 0 0 0 0 0
6-7 45 18 18 41 60 56
7-8 167 90 69 103 125 143
8-9 244 154 114 142 151 175
9 - 10 307 210 160 177 171 192
10 - 11 350 264 206 224 204 215
11 - 12 387 301 239 258 249 245
12 - 13 407 304 277 293 283 271
13 - 14 387 311 292 307 296 289
14 - 15 382 290 266 289 301 310
15 - 16 346 270 244 268 287 301
16 - 17 283 208 186 218 246 254
17 - 18 149 106 90 107 119 133
18 - 19 5 4 3 0 0 0
19 - 20 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 - 21 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 - 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 - 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 - 24 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sum 3459 2530 2164 2427 2492 2584
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 3 3 0
46 48 80 100 96 72
133 149 190 196 195 192
173 211 265 277 279 272
193 261 325 327 316 316
226 303 373 365 348 349
256 321 388 370 379 379
286 332 415 375 386 388
294 325 403 361 375 375
297 301 352 331 355 371
302 289 311 292 306 339
263 233 232 216 223 263
154 120 89 64 65 106
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
2623 2893 3423 3277 3326 3422
Acronyms and glossary

Acronym Full name Unit Type of use

DIF Diffuse horizontal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average yearly, monthly or
DNI Direct normal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average yearly, monthly or
ELE Terrain elevation m, ft Elevation of terrain surface
GHI Global horizontal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or
GTI Global tilted irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or
GTI opta Global tilted irradiation at optimum angle kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or
OPTA Optimum tilt of PV modules ° Optimum tilt of fix-mounted
PVOUT_specific Specific photovoltaic power output kWh/kWp Yearly and monthly average
PVOUT_total Total photovoltaic power output kWh, MWh, GWh Yearly and monthly average
TEMP Air temperature °C, °F Average yearly, monthly and
 erage yearly, monthly or daily sum of diffuse horizontal irradiation (© 2023 Solargis)
erage yearly, monthly or daily sum of direct normal irradiation (© 2023 Solargis)
evation of terrain surface above/below sea level, processed and integrated from SRTM-3 data and related data products (SRTM
erage annual, monthly or daily sum of global horizontal irradiation (© 2023 Solargis)
erage annual, monthly or daily sum of global tilted irradiation (© 2023 Solargis)
erage annual, monthly or daily sum of global tilted irradiation for PV modules fix-mounted at optimum angle (© 2023 Solargis)
ptimum tilt of fix-mounted PV modules facing towards Equator set for maximizing GTI input (© 2023 Solargis)
arly and monthly average values of photovoltaic electricity (AC) delivered by a PV system and normalized to 1 kWp of installed
arly and monthly average values of photovoltaic electricity (AC) delivered by the total installed capacity of a PV system (© 2023
erage yearly, monthly and daily air temperature at 2 m above ground. Calculated from outputs of ERA5 model (© 2023 ECMW
 and related data products (SRTM v4.1 © 2004 - 2023, CGIAR-CSI)

optimum angle (© 2023 Solargis)

© 2023 Solargis)
normalized to 1 kWp of installed capacity (© 2023 Solargis)
d capacity of a PV system (© 2023 Solargis)
ts of ERA5 model (© 2023 ECMWF, post-processed by Solargis)