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1. Potential of Solar Energy in Kenya
Simon Haufe
Romana Basir
Francis Oloo
Student Project
Cartography & Geovisualization
WS 2012/2013
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2. Project objectives
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• To map the main driving factors for solar energy generation
• To generate and visualize solar radiation layer for Kenya
• To qualitatively visualize the solar energy potential in smaller
administrative units
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• Elevation : 90m SRTM from ILRI GIS database
• Cloud cover : 1km NOAA-AVHRR CLASS data
• Land cover : FAO Africover data
• Accessibility : distance from settlements and towns
Data
6. Create a global radiation layer
• ArcToolbox/Spatial Analyst/Solar
Radiation/Area Solar Radiation
• Generated from 90m elevation
layer; every 14 days; all months of
year; 2 hour interval; units of
measure: Mwh/m2
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7. Work in ArcScene
• Floating the global radiation
layer on itself
• Classification (Mwh/m²):
< 1800
1800 – 1950
1950 – 2050
2050 – 2200
> 2200
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9. Mapping of initial data layers
• Involved cartographic representation of individual layers
• To show the stakeholders the interplay between different
parameters in mapping the potential of solar energy.
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20. References
• Ministry of Energy, Government of Kenya. Scaling-up Renewable Energy
Program (SREP), investment plan for Kenya. 2011. Nairobi, Government
Printer.
• NOAA AVHRR DATA http://www.nsof.class.noaa.gov
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