A novel systematic method for assessing the potential of urban rooftop PV is proposed. Residential areas contribute 50% of the total rooftop PV potential in Guangzhou, China. The rooftop PV potential in Guangzhou reaches 44.06–72.12 billion kWh per year. Rooftop PV reduces carbon emissions in the power sector in Guangzhou by 72.12–100%.
This reflects the fact that for the urban area of Beijing, the further away from the city center, the larger land area and lower plot ratio, which allows, respectively, for greater building rooftop area and better suitability factors for the deployment of solar PV panels.
Distributed rooftop photovoltaic (PV) cells, in comparison to hydropower and wind generation, use only space and radiation resources and are the least restricted by geography and climate, making them a significant choice for communities looking to create green electricity.
According to PVsyst7.2, with the input of total radiation, diffuse radiation, and temperature, the best tilted angle of PV installation in Guangzhou is 20°, and the PV array will attain maximum power generation when facing due south, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 2. Installation tilt and azimuth from PVsyst7.2.
Beijing GM area (inside RD6), which accounts for 80.2% of population and 13.8% of the jurisdiction area of the entire city (Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics, 2018), has approximately 125 km 2 of the total of 235 km 2 rooftop areas identified suitable for the deployment of RSPV.
The installed capacity of distributed PV (mainly RSPV) in China has increased from 4.7 GW in 2014 to 79.9 GW in 2020, the latter of which accounted for 32.5 and 11.3%, respectively, of the cumulative PV capacity in China and globally (National Energy Administration, 2021; International renewable energy agency, 2021).
Solar power installations hit new highs
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