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Sun on a roof in Higgins.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Higgins at 1,628 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.4 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 Higgins climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 161, weakest 99: a ratio of 1.63.
How Higgins comparesderived from the figures above
Where Higgins sits.
Higgins ranks 202nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 84th percentile. Its 1,628 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, July, June and the weakest are February, December, November; output peaks in May and bottoms out in February. 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
- Follett, 36 km north: 1,631 kWh per kW, 3 more than Higgins.
- Canadian, 39 km southwest: 1,638 kWh per kW, 10 more than Higgins.
- Darrouzett, 45 km northwest: 1,646 kWh per kW, 18 more than Higgins.
- Booker, 59 km northwest: 1,665 kWh per kW, 37 more than Higgins.
- Miami, 73 km southwest: 1,665 kWh per kW, 37 more than Higgins.
- Perryton, 75 km northwest: 1,648 kWh per kW, 20 more than Higgins.
- Mobeetie, 75 km southwest: 1,658 kWh per kW, 30 more than Higgins.
- Wheeler, 79 km south: 1,661 kWh per kW, 33 more than Higgins.
- Shamrock, 102 km south: 1,680 kWh per kW, 52 more than Higgins.
Against Fort Worth
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 445 km to the southeast, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Higgins models 93 kWh per kW (6.1%) above it. Higgins lies 3.34 degrees of latitude north of Fort Worth, which on sun angle alone would point the other way, so clouds, haze and the weather station's record carry the difference. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (1.4 km and 1.5 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.
The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 476 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Higgins runs 128 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Higgins runs at least 2% higher in January, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, December.
Electricity in Lipscomb 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.
- North Plains Electric Coop Inc: 11.53¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 3,093 residential customers across 7 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 1,628 kWh would come to $227 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.
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Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Higgins 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 $251 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 615001
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 116.6 |
| February | 99.1 |
| March | 143.4 |
| April | 152.1 |
| May | 161.1 |
| June | 157.1 |
| July | 158.6 |
| August | 153.4 |
| September | 140.4 |
| October | 133.6 |
| November | 108.7 |
| December | 104.0 |
| Year | 1,628 |
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 36.12, -100.03 (Higgins, population 341). Weather: typical-year data from station 615001, 1.4 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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