The meteo network is a cooperation of the DLR with international research institutes and industry partners. The main objective of the network of meteorological stations is to provide reliable meteorological data for the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). In particular, the direct normal solar irradiance (DNI) and the diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI) are recorded, which are important for the implementation of CST (Concentrated Solar Thermal) technologies as well as tracking or bifacial photovoltaics. The network was established in 2010 as part of the enerMENA project. Researchers from DLR and the enerMENA meteorological network collect the relevant meteorological parameters at several locations in the MENA region.
EnerMENA meteo station
The meteo station of our partner IRESEN in Missour (Morocco) is equipped with a sun tracker including pollution measurement.
The meteorological data obtained is shared bilaterally and analysed together with project partners. Selected years are also already freely available as a data set. The data can be used, for example, for research and development for solar technologies, feasibility studies, project performance calculations, to support project financing or to monitor the operation of solar power plants.
The enerMENA stations provide measurement data of:
Direct normal solar irradiance (DNI)
Diffuse horizontal solar irradiance (DHI)
Global horizontal solar irradiance (GHI)
Ambient temperature
Relative humidity
Barometric pressure
Wind speed and wind direction
Some stations are also equipped with other instruments such as soiling sensors and are used for degradation studies of solar materials.
enerMENA Meteo Network Partners:
Organisation
Country
Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables (CDER)
Algeria
Cairo University
Egypt
University of Jordan
Jordan
South Development Authority (MDA)
Jordan
Institut de Recherche en Énergie Solaire et Énergies Nouvelles (IRESEN)
Morocco
Université Mohammed Premier Oujda
Morocco
Centre de Recherches et des Technologies de l'Energie (CRTEn)
Tunisia
National Gas and Electricity Company (STEG ER)
Tunisia
Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT)
