Research Article
Optimum Tilt Angle and Solar Radiation of Photovoltaic Modules for Gulf Collaboration Council Countries
Table 3
Seasonally solar radiation in KWh/m2/day, by changing the tilt angle 4 times.
| | Oman | UAE | KSA | Qatar | Bahrain | Kuwait |
| January | 5.42 | 5.6 | 5.18 | 5.13 | 4.24 | 4.2 | February | 5.49 | 5.75 | 5.09 | 5.66 | 3.71 | 3.62 | March | 5.31 | 5.55 | 4.84 | 4.63 | 3.99 | 4.01 | April | 6.34 | 6.33 | 5.69 | 5.8 | 5.16 | 5.13 | May | 7.09 | 7.13 | 7.34 | 7.58 | 6.35 | 6.28 | June | 7.49 | 7.25 | 8.99 | 8.73 | 7.98 | 7.97 | July | 6.84 | 6.41 | 9.17 | 8.76 | 8.38 | 8.38 | August | 7.17 | 6.25 | 9.53 | 8.93 | 8.35 | 8.38 | September | 6.34 | 6.26 | 7.59 | 7.28 | 6.65 | 6.55 | October | 6.43 | 6.26 | 7.22 | 6.8 | 5.81 | 5.77 | November | 6.32 | 6.19 | 6.39 | 6.32 | 4.87 | 4.86 | December | 5.35 | 5.44 | 4.41 | 5.02 | 5.1 | 5.08 | Average | 6.30 | 6.20 | 6.79 | 6.72 | 5.88 | 5.85 |
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