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Sun on a roof in Friona.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Friona at 1,737 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.1 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 Friona climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 172, weakest 108: a ratio of 1.58.
How Friona comparesderived from the figures above
Where Friona sits.
Friona ranks 73rd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 94th percentile. Its 1,737 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, May, June and the weakest are December, November, January; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.8% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Bovina, 20 km southwest: 1,749 kWh per kW, 12 more than Friona.
- Hereford, 35 km northeast: 1,708 kWh per kW, 29 less than Friona.
- Dimmitt, 39 km east: 1,707 kWh per kW, 30 less than Friona.
- Farwell, 40 km southwest: 1,780 kWh per kW, 43 more than Friona.
- Muleshoe, 46 km south: 1,726 kWh per kW, 11 less than Friona.
- Earth, 54 km southeast: 1,724 kWh per kW, 13 less than Friona.
- Nazareth, 58 km east: 1,736 kWh per kW, 1 less than Friona.
- Springlake, 59 km southeast: 1,745 kWh per kW, 8 more than Friona.
- Hart, 62 km southeast: 1,734 kWh per kW, 3 less than Friona.
Against El Paso
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is El Paso, 464 km to the southwest, at 1,835 kWh per kW. Friona models 98 kWh per kW (5.3%) below it. Friona lies 2.79 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 Friona is 2.1 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, 538 km east, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Friona runs 202 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Friona runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in Parmer 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.
- Bailey County Elec Coop Assn: 9.82¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 3,461 residential customers across 5 counties.
- Deaf Smith Electric Coop, Inc: 8.57¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 2,993 residential customers across 4 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 1,737 kWh would come to $242 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.
Modeled estimateruns in your browser
Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Friona 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 544046
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 122.8 |
| February | 122.9 |
| March | 151.6 |
| April | 165.6 |
| May | 169.9 |
| June | 167.1 |
| July | 171.8 |
| August | 162.3 |
| September | 142.7 |
| October | 132.0 |
| November | 120.3 |
| December | 108.4 |
| Year | 1,737 |
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 34.64, -102.72 (Friona, population 4,071). Weather: typical-year data from station 544046, 2.1 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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