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Sun on a roof in Big Sandy.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Big Sandy at 1,434 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 Big Sandy climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 147, weakest 84: a ratio of 1.76.
How Big Sandy comparesderived from the figures above
Where Big Sandy sits.
Big Sandy ranks 1084th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 11th percentile. Its 1,434 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, May, August and the weakest are February, January, December; output peaks in July and bottoms out in February. In all, 30.3% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Hawkins, 8 km west: 1,460 kWh per kW, 26 more than Big Sandy.
- Winona, 13 km southwest: 1,450 kWh per kW, 16 more than Big Sandy.
- Gladewater, 16 km east: 1,430 kWh per kW, 4 less than Big Sandy.
- Union Grove, 18 km east: 1,458 kWh per kW, 24 more than Big Sandy.
- Warren City, 20 km east: 1,458 kWh per kW, 24 more than Big Sandy.
- Gilmer, 22 km northeast: 1,448 kWh per kW, 14 more than Big Sandy.
- Clarksville City, 22 km east: 1,443 kWh per kW, 9 more than Big Sandy.
- East Mountain, 23 km east: 1,450 kWh per kW, 16 more than Big Sandy.
- White Oak, 25 km east: 1,448 kWh per kW, 14 more than Big Sandy.
Against Dallas
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Dallas, 157 km to the west, at 1,500 kWh per kW. Big Sandy models 66 kWh per kW (4.4%) below it. At 0.2 degrees of latitude apart, the two sit at almost the same sun angle, so geometry explains little. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (2.4 km and 2.4 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Fort Worth, 211 km west, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Big Sandy runs 101 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, April, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in Upshur CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
Providers listed in the county
- Southwestern Electric Power Co: 12.6¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 157,119 residential customers across 25 counties.
- Upshur Rural Elec Coop Corp: 12.71¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 44,971 residential customers across 10 counties.
- Wood County Electric Coop, Inc: 12.83¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 36,173 residential customers across 9 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 1,434 kWh would come to $181 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.
Modeled estimateruns in your browser
Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Big Sandy 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 $221 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 740096
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 89.0 |
| February | 83.7 |
| March | 120.9 |
| April | 127.7 |
| May | 144.3 |
| June | 143.2 |
| July | 147.4 |
| August | 143.9 |
| September | 128.9 |
| October | 120.3 |
| November | 95.3 |
| December | 89.7 |
| Year | 1,434 |
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 32.59, -95.11 (Big Sandy, population 1,326). Weather: typical-year data from station 740096, 2.4 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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