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Sun on a roof in Springlake.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Springlake at 1,745 kWh a year for each kW of panels, using typical-year weather from a station 2.4 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 Springlake climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 172, weakest 111: a ratio of 1.56.
How Springlake comparesderived from the figures above
Where Springlake sits.
Springlake ranks 57th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 95th percentile. Its 1,745 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, June, April and the weakest are December, November, January; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.2% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Earth, 9 km west: 1,724 kWh per kW, 21 less than Springlake.
- Olton, 17 km east: 1,750 kWh per kW, 5 more than Springlake.
- Hart, 26 km northeast: 1,734 kWh per kW, 11 less than Springlake.
- Amherst, 26 km south: 1,723 kWh per kW, 22 less than Springlake.
- Sudan, 26 km southwest: 1,724 kWh per kW, 21 less than Springlake.
- Littlefield, 35 km south: 1,755 kWh per kW, 10 more than Springlake.
- Dimmitt, 36 km north: 1,707 kWh per kW, 38 less than Springlake.
- Edmonson, 38 km east: 1,747 kWh per kW, 2 more than Springlake.
- Muleshoe, 39 km west: 1,726 kWh per kW, 19 less than Springlake.
Against El Paso
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is El Paso, 466 km to the southwest, at 1,835 kWh per kW. Springlake models 90 kWh per kW (4.9%) below it. Springlake lies 2.38 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 Springlake is 2.4 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, 487 km east, where the same model gives 1,535 kWh per kW, so Springlake runs 210 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Springlake runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in Lamb 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.
- South Plains Electric Coop Inc: 11.02¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 58,726 residential customers across 18 counties.
- Bailey County Elec Coop Assn: 9.82¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 3,461 residential customers across 5 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 1,745 kWh would come to $243 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.
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Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Springlake 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 $269 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 554578
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 122.8 |
| February | 125.4 |
| March | 146.2 |
| April | 164.1 |
| May | 172.5 |
| June | 167.6 |
| July | 164.1 |
| August | 161.0 |
| September | 146.6 |
| October | 143.1 |
| November | 121.0 |
| December | 110.9 |
| Year | 1,745 |
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 34.23, -102.31 (Springlake, population 141). Weather: typical-year data from station 554578, 2.4 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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