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Solar Energy in LATIN AMERICA

Global Irridiation

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The map shows the geographical distribution of the solar radiation incident on the earth's surface each year. Depending on the shape of the sun's apparent path (solar ecliptic), the amount of radiation decreases towards the polar regions.
The maximum values occur slightly south or north of the equator; their location is also determined by the incidence and type of cloud cover.

On the land area worldwide, this results in a solar radiation of at least 200,000,000 TWh per year. (For comparison: 9 billion people, each requiring 2,000 watts, would have a total annual energy demand of 160,000 TWh.)

http://www.energie-atlas.ch/so-100.htm

Countries

Antigua and Barbuda | Argentina | Bahamas | Barbados | Belize | Brazil | Bolivia | Chile | Colombia | Costa Rica | Cuba | Dominica | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | El Salvador | French Guayana | Grenada | Guatemala | Guyana | Haiti | Honduras | Jamaica | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | Paraguay | Peru | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Suriname | Trinidad Tobago | Uruguay | Venezuela

Related GENI Resources

Definition Solar Energy
Current Articles on Renewable Energy Resources and Transmission
National Energy Grid Maps

Links

SWERA (Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment)
OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization)
ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)