Research Article
Mitigating Climate Change by the Development and Deployment of Solar Water Heating Systems
Table 1
Monthly solar insolation for major towns in Ogun State [
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| Monthly averaged insolation incident on a horizontal surface (kWh/m2) | | OTA | ILARO | IJEBU IGBO | SHAGAMU | IKENNNE | ABEOKUTA | IJEBU ODE | IFO |
| January | 5.570 | 5.200 | 5.320 | 5.300 | 5.320 | 5.500 | 5.280 | 5.240 | February | 5.740 | 5.410 | 5.480 | 5.480 | 5.500 | 5.700 | 5.490 | 5.450 | March | 5.660 | 5.410 | 5.370 | 5.480 | 5.460 | 5.640 | 5.460 | 5.430 | April | 5.340 | 5.180 | 5.210 | 5.250 | 5.230 | 5.350 | 5.210 | 5.200 | May | 5.010 | 4.710 | 4.790 | 4.790 | 4.770 | 5.090 | 4.760 | 4.720 | June | 4.510 | 4.000 | 4.150 | 4.070 | 4.050 | 4.570 | 4.040 | 4.000 | July | 3.890 | 3.910 | 3.880 | 3.990 | 3.980 | 4.000 | 3.950 | 3.910 | August | 3.730 | 3.920 | 4.040 | 3.990 | 3.980 | 3.790 | 3.980 | 3.980 | September | 4.050 | 4.040 | 3.960 | 4.120 | 4.100 | 4.110 | 4.090 | 4.060 | October | 4.620 | 4.520 | 4.440 | 4.590 | 4.560 | 4.700 | 4.550 | 4.510 | November | 5.180 | 4.900 | 4.950 | 4.980 | 4.960 | 5.110 | 4.950 | 4.920 | December | 5.370 | 5.120 | 5.210 | 5.200 | 5.190 | 5.350 | 5.170 | 5.130 |
| Annual average | 4.890 | 4.690 | 4.730 | 4.770 | 4.760 | 4.910 | 4.740 | 4.710 |
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Average insolation for all the towns is 4.775 kWh/m2.
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