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Solar Atlas of New Zealand from satellite imagery
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posted on 2021-08-16, 08:03 authored by Alan BrentAlan Brent, J Hinkley, Daniel BurmesterDaniel Burmester, Ramesh RayuduRamesh RayuduThe utilisation of solar resources has become of utmost importance for the transition of the global, carbon intensive economy. In New Zealand the uptake of solar energy has increased substantially, but the relative contribution to the overall energy mix is still small. Previous research efforts on the solar resource across the country are revisited with improved satellite-modelled data from Solargis to derive a solar atlas for the country. A comparison is made with NIWA data, which shows that the modelled data are at an adequate level of accuracy and improves our understanding of the solar resource at an appropriate spatial and temporal resolution. The solar atlas makes available a commercial satellite data source and informs further investigations into how solar can, and will, play a more meaningful role in our transition to a low carbon future.
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Brent, A. C., Hinkley, J., Burmester, D. & Rayudu, R. (2020). Solar Atlas of New Zealand from satellite imagery. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 50(4), 572-583. https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2020.1763409Publisher DOI
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Journal of the Royal Society of New ZealandVolume
50Issue
4Publication date
2020-10-01Pagination
572-583Publisher
Informa UK LimitedPublication status
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2020-05-25ISSN
0303-6758eISSN
1175-8899Language
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