INFLUENCE OF METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS ON THE PRODUCTION OF GRID-CONNECTED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PLANTS IN A TROPICAL AREA: CASE OF DIASS (SENEGAL)

This paper presents a study of the influence of meteorological parameters on photovoltaic (PV) energy production. The study of the impact of four meteorological parameters that are ambient temperature, PV module temperature, wind speed, and solar irradiation is presented. The results obtained showed that solar irradiation is the meteorological parameter that has the greatest influence on PV production: the higher the irradiation, the higher the energy production. For average ambient temperatures between 20 and 30 °C, the influence of temperature on production is insignificant. The temperature of the PV modules decreases from 29.6 °C to 28.64 °C between March 01 and April 01 while the production also decreases from 168.15 kWh to 138.95 kWh depending on the irradiation during the same period.