Methodology for Assessment of the Potential of Photovoltaic Electricity Production in the Non-residential Areas of Tunisia

For large projects, further analysis of the solar resource is needed better assessment for the electricity production. This in-depth analysis must take into account seasonal variations that alter the average monthly values of sunshine. ArcGIS software is used to map the solar energy potential of each region of Tunisia to know the solar potential very specifically of each location, the solar potential in 998 different points from the map of Tunisia was investigated.The sunshine and temperature data for meteorological basis They come from the European programPVGISF and the database of Meteoblue. The places in which we can install photovoltaic solar panels, there is no consensus method to estimate this value. In this paper, new method proposed to estimate the virgin spaces in each region of Tunisia.theproposedmethod is to study the geographical characteristics of Tunisia. After estimating the areas. Matlab software is used, we simulated and calculated the total electrical potential that aims to produce from all of the estimated areas. The obtined results showed that one region can support a photovoltaic plant of 10 MW, with an average estimated production of the plant, according to poly-crystalline PV sensor technology is 16.9 GWh / year.