I S R O's Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre (SAC) has developed an Android app, named Solar Calculator, for computing the solar energy potential of any location. Developed at the behest of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the ISRO Solar Calculator app is considered to be a "very useful" tool for installation of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.Solar Calculator app provides monthly and yearly solar potential in kWh/m2 and the minimum and the maximum temperatures at any location. The Solar Calculator app also displays the location of a place on the satellite image as well as the day's length there during different periods in a year, and offers minimum and maximum temperature.
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