Abstract
This study was conducted to appraise climatic conditions for potential applications of solar energy units in Nawabshah and Quetta cities. For that, twenty two annual monthly average data of insolation on horizontal surface, at various slopes on titled surface, air temperature, earth skin temperature was acquired and evaluated through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software. It is discovered from the study that Quetta is a more promising place for installation of solar energy applications as compared to Nawabshah as it receives more solar radiations and less air temperature.
Highlights
Climate change influences severely the weather patterns of various countries by reducing precipitation or increasing temperatures [1]
Maximum value of insolation was recorded in May with 6.42kWh/m2/d in Nawabshah and minimum in December with 3.75kWh/m2/d, whereas, in Quetta, maximum insolation was recorded in June with 7.6kWh/m2/d and minimum in December with 3.3kWh/m2/d
Average insolation was found maximum at the optimum slope for both locations with 5.87kWh/m2/d for Nawabshah and 6.38kWh/m2/d for Quetta, whereas, minimum insolation was 5.18kWh/m2/d and 5.51kWh/m2/d for Nawabshah and Quetta respectively at 0° slope
Summary
Climate change influences severely the weather patterns of various countries by reducing precipitation or increasing temperatures [1]. A rise of 0.6°C-1.0°C in average temperature in coastal areas of Pakistan has been reported since early 1900s [2]. Alternative methods of providing energy at home could be arranged to supply uninterrupted power to these areas [4, 5]. This goal can be achieved by utilizing solar energy. Solar energy is wholly dependent on climate conditions of the area and there are many climatic zones in Pakistan [4, 6, 7]. Even the division of climatic zones does not indicate accurately the same conditions throughout the zone as there are variants in rainfall, temperature, humidity etc. in similar climatic zones [8, 9]
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