Where is PV used?
PV is used in space, in consumer products, in remote communications, in village power systems, in traffic signs and lights, in cathodic protection systems, in road-side emergency call boxes, in grid-connected systems (residential or grid support), in remote homes, and many other applications.
TABLE: SOLAR RADIATION/HOURS OF SUNSHINE IN KENYA
| Daily Average Solar Radiation or Hours of Sunshine |
| Station |
Period |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual Average |
| Eldoret b/ |
1959-67 |
9.3 |
8.7 |
8.3 |
7.6 |
7.8 |
7.5 |
5.8 |
5.7 |
7.6 |
7.6 |
7.6 |
8.6 |
7.7 |
| Equator b/ |
1939-60 |
8.9 |
9.2 |
8.6 |
7.2 |
7.6 |
6.7 |
5.3 |
5.2 |
7.4 |
8.1 |
7.6 |
8.2 |
7.5 |
| Garissa a/ |
1963-80 |
500 |
505 |
513 |
506 |
464 |
440 |
426 |
444 |
480 |
496 |
491 |
483 |
479 |
| Kabete a/ |
1972-80 |
540 |
560 |
519 |
459 |
394 |
356 |
326 |
353 |
459 |
503 |
452 |
488 |
451 |
| Kisumu a/ |
1967-80 |
565 |
571 |
562 |
539 |
528 |
504 |
491 |
523 |
550 |
566 |
548 |
569 |
543 |
| Kitale a/ |
1966-80 |
570 |
547 |
529 |
501 |
484 |
471 |
454 |
470 |
527 |
524 |
507 |
565 |
512 |
| Lamu a/ |
1960-80 |
483 |
478 |
493 |
463 |
420 |
416 |
428 |
474 |
520 |
518 |
513 |
499 |
475 |
| Lodwar a/ |
1966-80 |
535 |
536 |
533 |
520 |
540 |
534 |
506 |
542 |
559 |
547 |
522 |
546 |
535 |
| Makindu b/ |
1971-80 |
8.7 |
8.8 |
8.7 |
8.0 |
7.5 |
6.1 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
7.6 |
8.8 |
7.9 |
8.3 |
7.6 |
| Malindi a/ |
1967-80 |
479 |
468 |
463 |
436 |
384 |
383 |
381 |
414 |
441 |
450 |
481 |
463 |
437 |
| Mandera a/ |
1967-80 |
515 |
525 |
500 |
463 |
445 |
402 |
377 |
413 |
461 |
431 |
456 |
504 |
457 |
| Marsabit a/ |
1977-80 |
510 |
525 |
514 |
465 |
544 |
533 |
500 |
569 |
534 |
493 |
451 |
568 |
509 |
| Meru a/ |
1977-79 |
379 |
432 |
429 |
384 |
382 |
365 |
315 |
366 |
431 |
426 |
361 |
335 |
384 |
| Mombasa a/ |
1963-80 |
499 |
513 |
518 |
454 |
381 |
381 |
383 |
423 |
476 |
507 |
511 |
493 |
462 |
| Nairobi a/ |
1971-80 |
504 |
512 |
498 |
430 |
390 |
341 |
321 |
344 |
424 |
464 |
440 |
479 |
429 |
| Nakuru b/ |
1959-63 |
7.9 |
8.4 |
7.2 |
6.0 |
6.7 |
7.9 |
7.5 |
6.9 |
7.2 |
6.3 |
5.5 |
7.5 |
7.11 |
| Narok a/ |
1964-80 |
535 |
523 |
534 |
473 |
436 |
408 |
387 |
424 |
489 |
513 |
477 |
507 |
476 |
| Nyeri a/ |
1976-80 |
379 |
419 |
406 |
341 |
363 |
323 |
244 |
278 |
376 |
397 |
327 |
362 |
351 |
| Voi a/ |
1964-80 |
486 |
505 |
507 |
450 |
408 |
390 |
364 |
363 |
402 |
466 |
500 |
497 |
445 |
| Wajir b/ |
1974-80 |
9.6 |
9.7 |
8.7 |
7.8 |
8.6 |
8.0 |
6.6 |
6.8 |
7.9 |
7.2 |
6.8 |
8.5 |
8.0 |
a/: Solar radiation Landleys b/: Hours of sunshine |