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Sun on a roof in Vinton.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Vinton at 1,824 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 Vinton climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 185, weakest 122: a ratio of 1.51.
How Vinton comparesderived from the figures above
Where Vinton sits.
Vinton ranks 9th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 99th percentile. Its 1,824 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, April, June and the weakest are December, January, November; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 26.8% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Anthony, 3 km north: 1,833 kWh per kW, 9 more than Vinton.
- El Paso, 19 km southeast: 1,835 kWh per kW, 11 more than Vinton.
- Socorro, 47 km southeast: 1,822 kWh per kW, 2 less than Vinton.
- Horizon City, 49 km southeast: 1,883 kWh per kW, 59 more than Vinton.
- San Elizario, 53 km southeast: 1,843 kWh per kW, 19 more than Vinton.
- Clint, 53 km southeast: 1,880 kWh per kW, 56 more than Vinton.
- Dell City, 131 km east: 1,842 kWh per kW, 18 more than Vinton.
- Van Horn, 196 km southeast: 1,829 kWh per kW, 5 more than Vinton.
- Valentine, 250 km southeast: 1,803 kWh per kW, 21 less than Vinton.
Against El Paso
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is El Paso, 19 km to the southeast, at 1,835 kWh per kW. Vinton models 11 kWh per kW (0.6%) 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 El Paso's.
The second-nearest large place is San Antonio, 820 km east, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Vinton runs 319 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Vinton runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Electricity in El Paso CountyEIA-861
Electricity prices nearby
Providers listed in the county
- El Paso Electric Co: 13.86¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 320,320 residential customers across 3 counties.
- Rio Grande Electric Coop, Inc: 18.29¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 9,371 residential customers across 18 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 1,824 kWh would come to $253 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.
Modeled estimateruns in your browser
Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Vinton 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 $281 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 66235
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 127.1 |
| February | 136.9 |
| March | 164.4 |
| April | 177.2 |
| May | 184.8 |
| June | 171.4 |
| July | 158.0 |
| August | 159.4 |
| September | 146.0 |
| October | 145.8 |
| November | 130.7 |
| December | 122.2 |
| Year | 1,824 |
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 31.96, -106.59 (Vinton, population 2,013). Weather: typical-year data from station 66235, 1.5 km from that point.
Getting a measured number
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