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enerMENA Meteo-Network



The main objective behind the establishment of the enerMENA network of meteorological stations (enerMENA Meteo-Network) is to supply reliable meteorological data of the MENA region especially those of the Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) that are necessary for the implementation of CSP technologies.

 enerMENA Meteo-Network
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In the first phase of the project, eight high-precision meteorological stations are being installed in five MENA partner countries (see list of partners below) to set up a base for the enerMENA Meteo-Network.
The obtained meteorological data are bilaterally shared and jointly analysed with project partners. Moreover, the data is available for all parties working on CSP related R&D activities in the region. It can be used also for the preparation of feasibilitiy studies, project performance calculations, support of project financing and solar power plant operation monitoring.

The enerMENA team appreciates the MENA project partners, especially those onsite, for their great efforts in performing the required O&M works for the stations. We thank also our service team from CSP Services for the installation, as well as continuous monitoring and maintenance of the network to ensure high quality and reliable data output. 

enerMENA Meteo-Network Partners

Organisation Country
New Energy Algeria (NEAL) Algeria
Cairo University Egypt
New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) Egypt
University of Jordan Jordan
South Development Authority (MDA) Jordan
Université Mohammed Premier Oujda Morocco
Technopole (CRTEn) Tunisia
National Gas and Electricity Company (STEG ER) Tunisia

Technical data of the enerMENA Meteo Network

The enerMENA stations provide measurement data of:

• Direct normal solar irradiance (DNI), uncertainty between 1 and 2%
• Diffuse horizontal solar irradiance (DHI),
• Global horizontal (GHI) solar irradiance.
• Ambient temperature,
• Relative humidity,
• Barometric pressure,
• Wind speed and wind direction.

The enerMENA meteorological stations are equipped with a Kipp & Zonen CHP1 first class pyrheliometer and ventilated CMP21 secondary standard pyranometers mounted on a Solys 2 sun tracker with a sun sensor.


Contact
Dr.-Ing. Louy Qoaider
German Aerospace Center

Institute of Solar Research
, Qualification
Tabernas (Spanien)

Tel.: +34 950278817

Fax: +34 950 2600315

Downloads
Obtain Data for your R&D Activities (0.03 MB)
About enerMENA
Flyer enerMENA (0.68 MB)
Capacity Building
Capacity Building Course for CSP Professionals. Tunis, Nov 23-25 2011 (0.02 MB)
CSP and Wind Energy Training Course. Nov 21-25 2011 (0.16 MB)
Program of the Capacity Building Course, Nov-Dec 2010 (0.03 MB)
enerMENA Internships
enerMENA Summer Internship 2013 (0.04 MB)
Preliminary Program Internship (0.05 MB)
Application Form (0.06 MB)
enerMENA Implementation Workshops
enerMENA Implementation Workshop Amman - Nov 2011 (0.12 MB)
enerMENA Implementation Workshop - Oct 2011 (0.26 MB)
enerMENA Workshops
R&D Infrastructure Workshop - Almeria Dec 2011 (0.05 MB)
enerMENA Launching Workshop June 2011 (0.02 MB)
Orientation Workshop May 2010 (0.08 MB)
Kick Off Meeting February 2010 (0.03 MB)
Links to enerMENA Partners
NEAL - New Energy Algeria
Cairo University, Egypt
Energy Center at the University of Jordan
National Energy Research Center, Jordan
University of Jordan, Amman
Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy
Université Mohammed Premier Oujda, Marocco
CRTEn, Tunesia
Links to associated enerMENA Partner
Protermo Solar
solarPACES
DUN Desertec University Network
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