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Sun on a roof in Adrian.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Adrian at 1,736 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.4 km away. A modeled estimate for a standard setup, not a measurement of any roof.
A year on one roof.
Scroll from January to December: the noon sun over Adrian climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 170, weakest 109: a ratio of 1.57.
How Adrian comparesderived from the figures above
Where Adrian sits.
Adrian ranks 74th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 94th percentile. Its 1,736 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, June, July and the weakest are December, February, January; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.6% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Vega, 22 km east: 1,745 kWh per kW, 9 more than Adrian.
- Channing, 55 km northeast: 1,717 kWh per kW, 19 less than Adrian.
- Hereford, 56 km southeast: 1,708 kWh per kW, 28 less than Adrian.
- Bishop Hills, 65 km east: 1,715 kWh per kW, 21 less than Adrian.
- Friona, 70 km south: 1,737 kWh per kW, 1 more than Adrian.
- Canyon, 75 km southeast: 1,721 kWh per kW, 15 less than Adrian.
- Amarillo, 77 km east: 1,720 kWh per kW, 16 less than Adrian.
- Timbercreek Canyon, 81 km east: 1,709 kWh per kW, 27 less than Adrian.
- Palisades, 82 km east: 1,709 kWh per kW, 27 less than Adrian.
Against El Paso
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is El Paso, 516 km to the southwest, at 1,835 kWh per kW. Adrian models 99 kWh per kW (5.4%) below it. Adrian lies 3.42 degrees of latitude north of El Paso, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its lower modeled output. The weather station for Adrian is 2.4 km from the modeled point, against 0.9 km for El Paso, so part of the gap can come from which station's typical year was used.
The second-nearest large place is Fort Worth, 563 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Adrian runs 201 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Adrian runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in Oldham CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
Providers listed in the county
- Southwestern Public Service Co: 13.94¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 223,685 residential customers across 45 counties.
- Deaf Smith Electric Coop, Inc: 8.57¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 2,993 residential customers across 4 counties.
- Rita Blanca Electric Coop, Inc: 8.41¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 1,166 residential customers across 8 counties.
They are the largest bundled providers whose EIA service territory lists the county. A county can list several, and which one serves a street depends on the address, so check your bill. Priced at the first provider's average, the modeled 1,736 kWh would come to $242 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.
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Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Adrian model to another array size, take off extra losses for shade or dirt, and price the energy at any rate. It is arithmetic on the PVWatts output above, nothing more: not a quote, not a savings estimate and not advice.
Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.4¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $267 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 544627
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 119.3 |
| February | 115.2 |
| March | 161.8 |
| April | 163.8 |
| May | 170.4 |
| June | 168.3 |
| July | 167.1 |
| August | 160.7 |
| September | 146.9 |
| October | 133.0 |
| November | 120.9 |
| December | 108.7 |
| Year | 1,736 |
Model assumptions
- System size
- 1 kWDC, results scale per kW
- Mount
- fixed roof mount
- Tilt
- 20°
- Azimuth
- 180°due south
- Modules
- standard
- System losses
- 14%
Location 35.27, -102.67 (Adrian, population 135). Weather: typical-year data from station 544627, 2.4 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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