Ladakh

33.945641°, 077.656858°
Ladakh, India
Time zone: UTC+05:30, Asia/Kolkata [IST]

access_time Report generated: 26 Mar 2023

SITE INFO

Map data Per year Map

Specific photovoltaic PVOUT

1469.1 kWh/kWp
power output specific

Direct normal irradiation DNI 1362.4 kWh/m 2

Global horizontal
GHI 1566.4 kWh/m 2
irradiation

Diffuse horizontal
DIF 664.4 kWh/m 2
irradiation

Global tilted irradiation at

GTI opta 1726.8 kWh/m 2
optimum angle

Optimum tilt of PV modules OPTA 32 /  180 °

Air temperature TEMP -3.7 °C 500 m

2000 ft Leaflet | Satellite tiles © Esri
Terrain elevation ELE 4426 m

PVOUT map
Horizon and sunpath

300 km
200 mi Leaflet | PVOUT map © 2023 Solargis

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PV ELECTRICITY AND SOLAR RADIATION

Annual averages Average hourly profiles

Direct normal irradiation Direct normal irradiation [Wh/m2]

1606.6
Jan Feb Mar Apr

kWh/m2 per year

0 0 0 0
0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24 0 12 24

Monthly averages May Jun Jul Aug

Direct normal irradiation

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Average hourly profiles

Direct normal irradiation [Wh/m2]

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
0-1
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-6 152 164 80 32
6-7 239 380 324 278 261 117
7-8 265 429 461 373 358 377 539 361
8-9 202 256 431 475 480 389 375 414 590 757 707 293
9 - 10 408 347 448 483 498 391 375 395 593 756 726 598
10 - 11 382 339 435 474 486 409 375 385 584 749 721 584
11 - 12 363 334 442 471 454 394 374 391 583 741 704 562
12 - 13 360 357 504 462 440 397 383 392 590 766 678 538
13 - 14 331 401 578 420 405 401 388 383 576 718 632 505
14 - 15 297 274 367 348 362 377 376 362 540 614 579 470
15 - 16 198 218 278 299 326 362 357 337 506 558 388 109
16 - 17 118 207 252 296 333 334 313 412 259
17 - 18 37 102 223 295 298 183 60
18 - 19 21 91 70 4
19 - 20
20 - 21
21 - 22
22 - 23
23 - 24
Sum 2542 2643 3992 4454 4984 4698 4421 4229 5690 6278 5137 3660

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GLOSSARY

Acronym Full name Unit Type of use

DIF Diffuse horizontal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average yearly, monthly or daily sum of diffuse horizontal irradiation (©
2021 Solargis)
DNI Direct normal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average yearly, monthly or daily sum of direct normal irradiation (© 2021
Solargis)
ELE Terrain elevation m, ft Elevation of terrain surface above/below sea level, processed and
integrated from SRTM-3 data and related data products (SRTM v4.1 ©
2004 - 2021, CGIAR-CSI)
GHI Global horizontal irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or daily sum of global horizontal irradiation (©
2021 Solargis)
GTI Global tilted irradiation kWh/m², MJ/m² Average annual, monthly or daily sum of global tilted irradiation (© 2021
Solargis)
GTI_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 (© 2021 Solargis)
OPTA Optimum tilt of PV modules ° Optimum tilt of fix-mounted PV modules facing towards Equator set for
maximizing GTI input (© 2021 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 (© 2021 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
(© 2021 Solargis)
TEMP Air temperature °C, °F Average yearly, monthly and daily air temperature at 2 m above ground.
Calculated from outputs of ERA5 model (© 2021 ECMWF, post-processed
by Solargis)

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