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Sun on a roof in Moulton.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Moulton at 1,463 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.0 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 Moulton climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 150, weakest 92: a ratio of 1.63.
How Moulton comparesderived from the figures above
Where Moulton sits.
Moulton ranks 965th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 21st percentile. Its 1,463 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are November, February, December; output peaks in July and bottoms out in November. In all, 30.0% of the year arrives in June, July and August, more than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Flatonia, 14 km north: 1,488 kWh per kW, 25 more than Moulton.
- Shiner, 16 km south: 1,496 kWh per kW, 33 more than Moulton.
- Waelder, 20 km northwest: 1,485 kWh per kW, 22 more than Moulton.
- Hallettsville, 25 km southeast: 1,509 kWh per kW, 46 more than Moulton.
- Schulenburg, 26 km northeast: 1,482 kWh per kW, 19 more than Moulton.
- Gonzales, 30 km west: 1,504 kWh per kW, 41 more than Moulton.
- Yoakum, 31 km south: 1,463 kWh per kW, 0 the same as Moulton.
- Weimar, 39 km east: 1,495 kWh per kW, 32 more than Moulton.
- La Grange, 46 km northeast: 1,487 kWh per kW, 24 more than Moulton.
Against Austin
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 100 km to the northwest, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Moulton models 20 kWh per kW (1.3%) below it. Moulton lies 0.73 degrees of latitude south of Austin, 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 (1.0 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 San Antonio, 133 km west, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Moulton runs 42 below that figure. It runs at least 2% lower in January, February, March, May, June, September, October, November.
Electricity in Lavaca CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
Providers listed in the county
- Guadalupe Valley Elec Coop Inc: 11.83¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 95,358 residential customers across 13 counties.
- San Bernard Electric Coop, Inc: 14.11¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 32,557 residential customers across 8 counties.
- Jackson Electric Coop, Inc: 14.55¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 15,670 residential customers across 6 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 1,463 kWh would come to $173 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.
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Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Moulton 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 $225 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 694333
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 96.5 |
| February | 92.8 |
| March | 120.6 |
| April | 136.0 |
| May | 139.5 |
| June | 140.4 |
| July | 150.2 |
| August | 148.8 |
| September | 127.3 |
| October | 122.7 |
| November | 91.9 |
| December | 96.2 |
| Year | 1,463 |
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 29.57, -97.15 (Moulton, population 858). Weather: typical-year data from station 694333, 1.0 km from that point.
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