Author:Fourie, CH; Winkler, H; Roro, Kittessa TDate:Nov 2019This paper seeks to investigate the performance of solar irradiance modelling to ground based data in an urban environment. The ability to accurately model and in turn determine solar irradiance as it propagates through the atmosphere, and ...Read more
Author:Olaleru, SA; Kirui, JK; Wamwangi, D; Roro, Kittessa T; Mwakikunga, Bonex WDate:Jan 2020Perovskite-based solar cells (PSC) is the fastest growing solar technology to date since inception in 2009. This technology has revolutionized the photovoltaic (PV) community. While it has taken 15–42 years for traditional PV technologies to ...Read more
Author:Pratt, Lawrence E; Ayanna, Manjunath Basappa; Wright, Jarrad G; Fourie, RuanDate:Jul 2021The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation, is a national scientific council with headquarters in Pretoria, South Africa. The CSIR Pretoria campus owns and operates 2 MW ...Read more
Author:Javu, L; Winkler, H; Roro, Kittessa TDate:Nov 2020Global horizontal solar irradiance is the maximum solar radiation coming in all directions from a cloudless sky incident at a location and time. This paper eval uates and validates clear-sky models in different locations of South Africa from ...Read more