Solar Power Map Canada

The maps give the annual energy yield in kwh per kwp of pv solar system installed on various mounting systems.

Solar power map canada.

These interactive maps available soon give estimates of photovoltaic potential in kwh kwp and of the mean daily global insolation in mj m2 and in kwh m2 for any location in canada on a 60 arc seconds 2 km grid. Free solar maps of canada created by ecosmart from solar data collected from 235 weather stations across canada and or suny satellite data. Solar resource data sets. Regions of high solar potential based on global horizontal irradiation being located in the british columbia interior southern alberta southern saskatchewan southern manitoba ontario southern quebec new brunswick southern nova scotia and western prince edward island.

The photovoltaic pv potential represents the expected lifetime average electricity production in kwh produced per kilowatt of installed photovoltaic dc capacity rated at. Fixed vertical axis tracking horizontal axis tracking 2 axis tracking. The maps are based on a 10 km x 10 km grid i e. The best place in canada for producing solar power is torquay saskatchewan with a solar energy potential of 1384 kwh kw yr.

The maps below provide for each canadian province the average solar energy yield dc output of pv modules from various mounting systems. Each pixel represents an area of 10 x 10 km an extremely fine resolution. To view and use these data sets you need appropriate geographic information system software. Canada has plentiful solar energy resources thanks to its large area.

To make the above maps the multiyear solar irradiance was calculated from the nsrdb. 2 axis tracker vertical axis tracker vat polar tracker. It is provided by the world bank group as a free service to governments developers and the general public and allows users to quickly obtain data and carry out a simple electricity output calculation for any location covered by the solar resource database. The global solar atlas provides a summary of solar power potential and solar resources globally.

The 750 million project led by calgary s greengate power will consist of 1 5 million solar panels and generate about 800 million kwh kilowatt hours a year enough to power more than 100 000.