Large scale solar power plant in. Nordic conditions. Antti Kosonen, Jero Ahola, Christian Breyer, Albert Albó. 25.8.2014 ...
Large scale solar power plant in Nordic conditions Antti Kosonen, Jero Ahola, Christian Breyer, Albert Albó 25.8.2014
Finland Finland: • Location: between latitudes of 60°−70° • Area: 338 435 km2 • Population: 5.4 mio • 19 mio people live totally above parallel latitudes of 60° from that in Finland 28%
Source: Maps of World, (www.mapsofworld.com)
Solar power production potential • Payback time of energy used for manufacturing in Finland below 3 years • Globally the best areas has radiation about 2500 kWh/m2
Source: European Union, Joint Research Centre, (http://re.jrc.ec.europa.e u/pvgis/cmaps/eur.htm)
Comparison of the factors that affect solar power production 25.0 Barcelona Frankfurt Lappeenranta
Air temperature (°C)
20.0
• Three cities in comparison • Lappeenranta has similar annual solar power production potential as in Frankfurt • Coldest conditions in Finland • Different monthly distribution • Longest days during summer time in Finland
15.0 10.0
5.0 0.0 -5.0 -10.0
Fig. Temperature.
6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0
16:48 14:24 12:00
9:36 7:12 4:48
1.0
2:24
0.0
0:00
Fig. Radiation.
Barcelona Frankfurt Lappeenranta
19:12
Day length (hh:mm)
Daily solar radiation (kWh/m2/d)
21:36
Barcelona Frankfurt Lappeenranta
7.0
Fig. Day length.
Current status in Nordic countries Table Status and solar PV markets in the Nordic. Population (mio) Finland Sweden Denmark Norway Iceland Nordic EU28 World
