SOLAR DEVELOPMENT IN UZBEKISTAN. STEP 1: SOLAR DATA COMPILATION
Abstract
Solar radiation resource data serve asfundamental information for programs of large-scale deployment of solar energytechnologies. While solar resources in the Republic of Uzbekistan are estimatedto be significant based on limited information, comprehensive understandingrequires considerably more data and analysis in order to optimize the processof planning and siting solar energy power plants. This paper highlights theanalysis of the four-year of solar resource measurements from new ground meteorologicalstations in Uzbekistan which were installed within the framework of the projectof the Asian Development Bank TA 8008 "Development of solar energy inUzbekistan" in 2013.The current study should have significant applicationsfor preliminary technology selection, power plant modeling, and resourceforecasting. The analysis uses4-year (January 2013–December 2016) data from 6stations located in the south-eastern part of the republic based on ten-minutemeasurements of Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI), Diffuse HorizontalIrradiance (DHI), Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI), and related meteorologicalparameters.