Development and Modeling of a Geographic Information Systemsolar Flux Inadrar, Algeria

Algeria is one of the important solar belt countries, withan enormous potential in solar energy. The exploitation andpromotion of these energy resources offers the opportunity oftackling energy-related and economic challenges, and tocontribute to a sustainable development in our countries.Theknowledge and assessment of the available solar energy resourcesis a critical part to renewable energy planning and sizing and canplay an important role in lessen the harmful impacts ofenvironmental problems associated with the recovery of fossilfuels and their use in power stations. However, the majorhandicap has always been the spatial density of radiometricstations which is inadequate. This study aimed to develop solarpotential data estimation in Adrar region located in the warmAlgerian desert region. The data delivered will be implemented inGeographic Information Systems (GIS) and used as support forTechnical analysis of solar potential in this region