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Energy Meteorology
Research
HELIOSAT-3
HELIOSAT-3: Solar Irradiance from Satellite Data
Overview
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The principle objective of HELIOSAT-3 is to support the solar energy community in its efforts for increasing the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of solar energy systems and improving the acceptability of renewables.
A successful integration of solar energy into the existing energy structure highly depends on a detailed knowledge of the solar resource. HELIOSAT-3 will supply high-quality solar radiation data gained from the exploitation of existing Earth observation technologies and will take advantage of the enhanced capabilities of the new Meteosat-8 (former Meteosat Second Generation) satellites. The expected quality represents a substantial improvement with respect to the available methods and will better match the needs of companies and other customers of the resulting products.
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Meteosat-8 in space |
Project
- Title: Energy-Specific Solar Radiation Data from Meteosat-8: The Heliosat-3 Project
- Duration: 6/2001 - 5/2004
- Aim is the development and application of advanced solar irradiance calculation schemes based on Meteosat-8 data.
- Project homepage: www.heliosat3.de
Consortium
The consortium combines expertise from both Earth observation and solar energy research in order to exploit synergies between these fields and to realise a new approach for solar resource management.
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Contractors:
The project is funded by the European Commission under contract No. ENK5-CT-2000-00332.
Contact
Jethro Betcke Drs.
Energy and Semiconductor Research Laboratory
Institute of Physics - University of Oldenburg
D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany
Tel: +49 441 - 798 3927
Fax: +49 441 - 798 3326
e-mail: jethro.betcke@uni-oldenburg.de
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