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Sun on a roof in Schulenburg.

The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Schulenburg at 1,482 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 1.5 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 Schulenburg climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.

Sun elevation through the day over Schulenburg The sun's path at latitude 29.68, computed from solar geometry. The upper dotted arc is the June solstice and the lower one the December solstice; the solid arc is the month being shown.
MonthAll 12 monthsNoon sun-Daylight-Modeled output per kW1,482 kWh

kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 148, weakest 89: a ratio of 1.67.

How Schulenburg comparesderived from the figures above

Where Schulenburg sits.

Schulenburg ranks 882nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 28th percentile. Its 1,482 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, May, August and the weakest are December, January, February; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.1% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

  • Weimar, 13 km east: 1,495 kWh per kW, 13 more than Schulenburg.
  • Flatonia, 19 km west: 1,488 kWh per kW, 6 more than Schulenburg.
  • La Grange, 26 km north: 1,487 kWh per kW, 5 more than Schulenburg.
  • Moulton, 26 km southwest: 1,463 kWh per kW, 19 less than Schulenburg.
  • Ellinger, 26 km northeast: 1,488 kWh per kW, 6 more than Schulenburg.
  • Hallettsville, 27 km south: 1,509 kWh per kW, 27 more than Schulenburg.
  • Fayetteville, 34 km northeast: 1,492 kWh per kW, 10 more than Schulenburg.
  • Columbus, 34 km east: 1,469 kWh per kW, 13 less than Schulenburg.
  • Shiner, 37 km southwest: 1,496 kWh per kW, 14 more than Schulenburg.

Against Austin

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 106 km to the northwest, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Schulenburg models 1 kWh per kW (0.1%) below 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 Houston, 147 km east, where the same model gives 1,422 kWh per kW, so Schulenburg runs 60 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Schulenburg runs at least 2% higher in February, May, November. It runs at least 2% lower in January, March, June, July, August, September, October, December.

Electricity in Fayette CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

Providers listed in the 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 1,482 kWh would come to $172 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.

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Size the array, see the kWh.

Scale the Schulenburg 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 $228 per kW a year as plain multiplication.

Modeled estimate

Modeled output, kWh a year

8,892 kWh/yr

About - kWh in an average month. Priced at the chosen rate that energy comes to - a year, by multiplication only.

Assumes the same tilt, direction and equipment as the model below. Real output depends on the roof, shade, equipment and weather.

PVWatts v8station 699695

Month by month, per kW.

Modeled AC output in Schulenburg, Texas, kWh per kW DC, typical weather year
MonthkWh per kW
January94.4
February108.5
March116.9
April136.5
May147.0
June138.6
July148.1
August144.4
September126.5
October122.7
November110.0
December88.9
Year1,482

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 29.68, -96.91 (Schulenburg, population 2,839). Weather: typical-year data from station 699695, 1.5 km from that point.

Getting a measured number

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Texas electricity prices and providers

Next step

Payback, buyback.

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Read this first

  • A model estimate for a generic system at this point, not a measurement and not a promise of output.
  • Shading, roof pitch, equipment and local rates will differ.
  • All prices on this site are in cents per kWh unless marked otherwise. Bills are US dollars per month.

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