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Sun on a roof in Kyle.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Kyle at 1,493 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.9 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 Kyle climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 149, weakest 91: a ratio of 1.64.
How Kyle comparesderived from the figures above
Where Kyle sits.
Kyle ranks 115th of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 27th percentile. Its 1,493 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are July, June, August and the weakest are December, January, February; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.5% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.4% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- San Marcos, 15 km southwest: 1,507 kWh per kW, 14 more than Kyle.
- Austin, 37 km north: 1,483 kWh per kW, 10 less than Kyle.
- New Braunfels, 40 km southwest: 1,498 kWh per kW, 5 more than Kyle.
- Seguin, 45 km south: 1,498 kWh per kW, 5 more than Kyle.
- Manor, 50 km northeast: 1,483 kWh per kW, 10 less than Kyle.
- Cibolo, 57 km southwest: 1,496 kWh per kW, 3 more than Kyle.
- Pflugerville, 58 km northeast: 1,495 kWh per kW, 2 more than Kyle.
- Cedar Park, 58 km north: 1,521 kWh per kW, 28 more than Kyle.
- Schertz, 60 km southwest: 1,502 kWh per kW, 9 more than Kyle.
Against Austin
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 37 km to the north, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Kyle models 10 kWh per kW (0.7%) above it. The two figures are within 1 percent, which is about the size of the difference you get from two neighboring weather stations alone, so this page's result is effectively the same as Austin's.
The second-nearest large place is San Antonio, 85 km southwest, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Kyle runs 12 below that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Kyle runs at least 2% higher in February, November. It runs at least 2% lower in March, April, May, July, August, September, December.
Electricity in Hays CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
Providers listed in the county
- Pedernales Electric Coop, Inc: 12.75¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 420,753 residential customers across 24 counties.
- Bluebonnet Electric Coop, Inc: 11.59¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 119,030 residential customers across 14 counties.
- City of San Marcos: 12.73¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 22,362 residential customers across 1 county.
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 1,493 kWh would come to $190 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.
Modeled estimateruns in your browser
Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Kyle 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 15.47¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $231 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 674787
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 102.1 |
| February | 102.6 |
| March | 121.4 |
| April | 132.4 |
| May | 138.1 |
| June | 147.2 |
| July | 149.3 |
| August | 143.8 |
| September | 130.7 |
| October | 124.0 |
| November | 110.3 |
| December | 91.1 |
| Year | 1,493 |
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 29.99, -97.88 (Kyle, population 65,833). Weather: typical-year data from station 674787, 2.9 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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