Utilization of Solar Energy for Electricity Generation in Kurdistan - Koya City

摘要

This paper studies a number of reasons that effect on the overall output electrical energy of a solar cell, to find the best angle at morning, noon and afternoon times in installing a solar cell system in Koya. The study was conducted for three (3) months in Koya City- Kurdistan region of Iraq in 2014. It was found that the best Azimuth angle is between (330~(o)-340~(o)) whereas the best incident angles are 27~(o) at the mornings, 60~(o) at the noon and 25~(o) at the afternoons in the Koya City. Moreover, the output electrical power that were produced from the solar cell was affected by weather, temperature, and raining as well.