Open AdamRJensen opened 2 years ago
You may also be interested in PV Climate Zones: https://pvtools.lbl.gov/pv-climate-stressors and https://github.com/toddkarin/pvcz
Thanks @kanderso-nrel. Is PV Climate Zone actually something that is used?
I noticed that the first link also shows Köppen Geiger climate zones, so perhaps I can get some inspiration for how to program that.
It's a relatively new development (especially compared w/ something like KG), but yes it is getting used: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=7515697662620840254&as_sdt=4005&sciodt=0,6&hl=en
This package has high-resolution KG classification lookup: https://pypi.org/project/kgcPy/
It would be nice to provide additional metadata for the stations, including:
PV Climate Zones (mentioned by Kevin below)It would be optimal to automatically generate this metadata. The annual irradiance could come from a provider with global coverage, e.g., NASA Power or the Global Solar Atlas. The continent could be determined based on latitude/longitude.
Additional things to consider: