La Chorrera

08.884703°, -079.774214°
Avenida Libert ador, La Chorrera, Panamá Oest e, Panama
T ime zone: UT C-05, America/Panama [EST ]

access_time Report generated: 30 Jan 2025

SITE INFO

Map data Per year Map

Direct normal irradiat ion DNI 1269.0 kWh/m 2

Global horizont al
GHI 1809.4 kWh/m 2
irradiat ion

Diffuse horizont al
DIF 909.0 kWh/m 2
irradiat ion

Global t ilt ed irradiat ion at

GT I opta 1838.6 kWh/m 2
opt imum angle

Opt imum t ilt of PV

OPTA 12 / 180 °
modules

Air t emperat ure T EMP 25.6 °C

Terrain elevat ion ELE N/A 500 m

3000 ft Leaflet | Satellite tiles © Esri

Horizon and sunpath

PVOUT map

300 km
200 mi Leaflet | PVOUT map © 2025 Solargis

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PV ELECTRICITY AND SOLAR RADIATION

PV system configuration
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Pv syst em: Medium size comercial
Azimut h of PV panels: Def ault (180º)
T ilt of PV panels: 12º
Inst alled capacit y: 41.76 kWp

Annual averages Average hourly profiles

Tot al phot ovolt aic power out put and Global t ilt ed irradiat ion Tot al phot ovolt aic power out put [kWh]

59.496 1835.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr
50 50 50 50
MWh per year kWh/m 2 per year
25 25 25 25

0 0 0 0
Monthly averages 0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24

Tot al phot ovolt aic power out put May Jun Jul Aug
50 50 50 50
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Average hourly profiles

Tot al phot ovolt aic power out put [kWh]

Jan Fe b Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oc t Nov De c

0-1
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-6
6-7 0.113 0.125 0.382 0.888 1.148 0.995 0.755 0.693 1.007 1.333 0.982 0.380
7-8 4.796 4.726 5.525 6.386 5.950 5.206 4.703 5.242 6.397 7.364 6.861 5.745
8-9 12.811 12.848 13.091 13.203 11.757 10.422 9.865 10.953 12.592 13.732 13.200 12.899
9 - 10 18.937 19.154 18.775 18.126 15.980 14.247 14.167 15.471 16.990 17.953 17.304 17.944
10 - 11 23.154 23.419 23.187 21.778 19.100 17.103 17.223 18.857 20.132 20.938 19.723 21.206
11 - 12 25.709 25.920 25.310 23.370 20.716 19.186 18.903 20.619 21.697 22.363 20.960 22.905
12 - 13 25.993 26.549 25.743 23.921 21.911 20.462 20.512 20.805 21.822 21.465 19.950 22.265
13 - 14 24.516 25.651 24.684 21.535 18.593 18.162 18.078 18.608 19.493 18.567 17.306 20.121
14 - 15 21.618 23.177 21.972 18.209 14.727 14.029 14.108 15.217 15.408 14.663 13.707 17.120
15 - 16 17.211 19.171 17.839 14.282 10.744 10.205 10.635 11.166 11.126 10.490 9.835 13.283
16 - 17 11.147 12.884 11.806 9.159 6.670 6.616 6.928 7.149 6.830 6.023 5.675 8.023
17 - 18 4.102 5.293 4.824 3.571 2.738 2.903 3.212 3.175 2.494 1.631 1.285 2.076
18 - 19 0.009 0.242 0.283 0.194 0.197 0.317 0.405 0.284 0.013
19 - 20
20 - 21
21 - 22
22 - 23
23 - 24
S um 190 199 193 175 150 140 139 148 156 157 147 164

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PV ELECTRICITY AND SOLAR RADIATION

Annual averages Average hourly profiles

Direct normal irradiat ion Direct normal irradiat ion [Wh/m 2]

1279.1
Jan Feb Mar Apr

kWh/m 2 per year

0 0 0 0
Monthly averages 0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24

Direct normal irradiat ion May Jun Jul Aug

200

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Average hourly profiles

Direct normal irradiat ion [Wh/m 2]

Jan Fe b Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oc t Nov De c

0-1
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-6
6-7 11 12 26 60 76 71 51 52 78 97 69 26
7-8 254 250 248 252 228 205 178 208 256 287 271 255
8-9 437 423 376 348 300 273 251 280 327 359 351 383
9 - 10 480 468 407 366 313 283 276 305 335 357 347 411
10 - 11 500 487 448 397 337 297 291 330 354 372 334 414
11 - 12 520 500 456 405 354 332 309 347 365 385 339 423
12 - 13 512 506 453 420 402 374 350 346 372 372 319 397
13 - 14 493 501 465 386 340 328 310 317 348 321 288 367
14 - 15 470 490 445 349 265 247 233 264 279 264 236 336
15 - 16 431 471 410 308 205 190 181 200 212 207 195 312
16 - 17 361 400 337 246 147 147 133 147 158 162 159 255
17 - 18 215 258 218 152 96 109 98 104 108 80 62 102
18 - 19 17 16 9 9 27 26 20 1
19 - 20
20 - 21
21 - 22
22 - 23
23 - 24
S um 4,684 4,785 4,305 3,699 3,072 2,882 2,684 2,920 3,191 3,261 2,970 3,680

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GLOSSARY

Acro nym Full name Unit T ype o f use

DIF Diffuse horizontal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average yearly, monthly or daily sum of diffuse horizontal irradiation (©
2024 Solargis)
DNI Direct normal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average yearly, monthly or daily sum of direct normal irradiation (© 2024
Solargis)
ELE Terrain elevation m, ft Elevation of terrain surface above/below sea level, processed and
integrated from SRT M-3 data and related data products (SRT M v4.1 ©
2004 - 2024, CGIAR-CSI)
GHI Global horizontal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or daily sum of global horizontal irradiation (©
2024 Solargis)
GT I Global tilted irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or daily sum of global tilted irradiation (© 2024
Solargis)
GT I_opta Global tilted irradiation at optimum angle kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or daily sum of global tilted irradiation for PV
modules fix-mounted at optimum angle (© 2024 Solargis)
OPT A Optimum tilt of PV modules ° Optimum tilt of fix-mounted PV modules facing towards Equator set for
maximizing GT I input (© 2024 Solargis)
PVOUT _total Total photovoltaic power output kWh, MWh, GWh Yearly and monthly average values of photovoltaic electricity (AC)
delivered by the total installed capacity of a PV system (© 2024 Solargis)
PVOUT _specific Specific photovoltaic power output kWh/kWp Yearly and monthly average values of photovoltaic electricity (AC)
delivered by a PV system and normalized to 1 kWp of installed capacity
(© 2024 Solargis)
T EMP Air temperature °C, °F Average yearly, monthly and daily air temperature at 2 m above ground.
Calculated from outputs of ERA5 model (© 2024 ECMWF, post-
processed by Solargis)

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