<div>This site may have useful data on solar potential with finer granularity/resoultion.  </div> <div> </div> <div><a href="http://www.gaisma.com/en/dir/pe-country.html">http://www.gaisma.com/en/dir/pe-country.html</a></div> <div> </div> <div>They claim to derive their data from here:  <a href="http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/">http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/</a></div> <div> </div> <div>The term you need to search on is "insolation" (more-or-less a measure of solar energy potential). The map linked in the earlier message is found reused by many solar sites, but has limited utility given it's low rez.</div> <div> </div> <div>cjl</div> <div> </div> <div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div> <div> </div> <div>the solar maps that have been indicated just show the "what should be" <br>situation according to the place that the countries have in the globe.<br><br>Peru has a different climate (we should be an almost equatorial country! <br> full of sun!) due to the Humboldt current and the presence of the 2nd <br>highest chain of mountains in the word: the Andes Mountain Chain.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Javier Rodriguez<br>Lima, Peru<br><br>Edward Cherlin wrote:<br> ><i> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 12:22 AM,  <<a href="http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project">forster at ozonline.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></i>><i>   <br></i>>>><i> In Peru, my country, there is rain 5 months by year, totally cloudy, day<br> </i>>>><i> after day.  Just 2 or 3 hours with some sun.  So, according to the<br></i>>>><i> manufacturers, all solar panels can just provide from 5% to 20% of its<br></i>>>><i> normal capacity (normal capacity is got in a full sunny day).<br> </i>>>><i>       <br></i>>><i> See <a href="http://www.oksolar.com/abctech/solar-radiation.htm">http://www.oksolar.com/abctech/solar-radiation.htm</a><br></i>>><i> Peru doesnt look too bad in its worst month<br> </i>>><i>     <br></i>><i><br></i>><i> It's suggestive, but we need to see the methodology and the source<br></i>><i> data. It's too easy to mislead with pictures of statistics.<br></i>><i><br></i>><i>   <br> </i>>><i> _______________________________________________<br></i>>><i> Its.an.education.project mailing list<br></i>>><i> <a href="http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project">Its.an.education.project at tema.lo-res.org</a><br> </i>>><i> <a href="http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project">http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/its.an.education.project</a><br></i>>><i><br></i>>><i>     <br></i>><i><br> </i>><i><br></i>><i><br></i>><i>   <br></i></div>