High Spatial Resolution Solar Atlas in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Abstract
Most existing solar atlases cover a continent or a country with a spatial resolution coherent with such visualization. These atlases generally depict yearly sum of Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI). Thus they give a good idea of the large scale solar trends, which are particularly suited for an application of identification of wide areas of high solar potential. However, these large scale atlases of yearly GHI data are not appropriate for the local estimation of solar systems, such as the precise estimation of the electrical production from PV plants, Concentrated Photovoltaic CPV technologies and from Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) systems.