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Sun on a roof in Woodcreek.
The PVWatts model puts a generic roof array in Woodcreek at 1,506 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 Woodcreek climbs and falls, and the modeled output follows it.
kWh per kW DC, modeled by PVWatts. Best month 152, weakest 95: a ratio of 1.59.
How Woodcreek comparesderived from the figures above
Where Woodcreek sits.
Woodcreek ranks 695th of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 43rd percentile. Its 1,506 kWh per kW is below the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are July, August, June and the weakest are December, January, February; output peaks in July and bottoms out in December. In all, 29.3% of the year arrives in June, July and August, about the same than the 29.3% of the median place.
Closest modeled neighbors
- Wimberley, 6 km south: 1,484 kWh per kW, 22 less than Woodcreek.
- Dripping Springs, 19 km north: 1,511 kWh per kW, 5 more than Woodcreek.
- Mountain City, 21 km east: 1,493 kWh per kW, 13 less than Woodcreek.
- Kyle, 23 km east: 1,493 kWh per kW, 13 less than Woodcreek.
- Bear Creek, 23 km northeast: 1,519 kWh per kW, 13 more than Woodcreek.
- San Marcos, 24 km southeast: 1,507 kWh per kW, 1 more than Woodcreek.
- Buda, 25 km east: 1,498 kWh per kW, 8 less than Woodcreek.
- Hays, 25 km northeast: 1,488 kWh per kW, 18 less than Woodcreek.
- San Leanna, 30 km northeast: 1,483 kWh per kW, 23 less than Woodcreek.
Against Austin
The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Austin, 46 km to the northeast, at 1,483 kWh per kW. Woodcreek models 23 kWh per kW (1.6%) above it. At 0.27 degrees of latitude apart, the two sit at almost the same sun angle, so geometry explains little. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (2.4 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, 75 km southwest, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Woodcreek runs 1 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Woodcreek runs at least 2% higher in February, November. It runs at least 2% lower in April, May, June.
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 1,506 kWh would come to $192 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate.
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Size the array, see the kWh.
Scale the Woodcreek 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 $232 per kW a year as plain multiplication.
PVWatts v8station 668188
Month by month, per kW.
| Month | kWh per kW |
|---|---|
| January | 103.3 |
| February | 105.9 |
| March | 125.2 |
| April | 132.7 |
| May | 135.5 |
| June | 140.2 |
| July | 151.5 |
| August | 149.8 |
| September | 131.4 |
| October | 125.1 |
| November | 110.7 |
| December | 95.1 |
| Year | 1,506 |
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 30.03, -98.11 (Woodcreek, population 1,886). Weather: typical-year data from station 668188, 2.4 km from that point.
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