简介:ThepaperidentifiesandanalyzesthegeographicalandtemporalvariabilityofsolarenergyinKuwait.Thefundamentalsolartrigonometricmodelhasbeenmodifiedtoestimatedailyandhourlysolarradiationonhorizontalsurfacesonthebasisofthemorereadilyavailablemeteorologicaldata.TheresultsdemonstratethatKuwaithasanabundanceofsolarenergycapability.Anoverviewoftheproductionandconsumptionofelectricalenergy,installedcapacity,andpeakloadsinKuwaitisalsopresented.Finally,itisshownhowthepowerproducedfromthephotovoltaic(PV)cellsdependsonthesolarradiation.TheproposedPVmoduleismadeupofacombinationofseriesandparallelcellstoincreasepower,whiletheI-Vcharacteristicandoutputpowerofthemoduleeachmonthmaybeobtainedfromthemodel.