Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) Global Horizontal Irradiance data for Distribution Network Operator areas
The spreadsheets available for download below contain hourly TMY Global Horizontal Irradiance values generated from the 2005-2014 decade for each of 12 UK Distribution Network Operators. Global Horizontal Irradiance in Wh/m^2.
Downloads
TMY North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire
NOTE: Data for 10km squares rather than Distribution Network Operator Areas is available here or for specific locations please e-mail us mailto:juice-centre@lboro.ac.uk
Data preparation
The Global Horizontal Irradiance data is initially interpolated to each Distribution Network Operator area from UK Meteorological Office measured values. The TMY for each DNO is calculated as follows:
- For each month in the year (i.e., Jan., Feb., March, etc.), the ten-year monthly mean of irradiance data is obtained for the period 2004-2015.
- The historic month that most closely matches the ten-year mean for that month is identified i.e. the most “typical” month.
- The hourly data values from the twelve typical months are combined to create the typical year file. This might comprise e.g. January from 2010, February from 2005, March from 2007 etc.
This simple method has been shown to perform well compared to other free-to-download TMY datasets.
Data usage
If you make use of this data, please:
E-mail mailto:juice-centre@lboro.ac.uk with details of your employer/institution and a brief description of the project for which you require the data.
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