Solar Data May 2008

This page contains daily data and graphs of electrical energy use, the daily amount generated and Capacity Factor. Gen refers to the amount generated from the solar array and Grid is the amount we used from the grid.

 

May 2008 Energy Generation Analysis
Day	kWh	Weather	Peak	Minutes	Efficiency	Capacity		Array Size	1.5	kW
	Gen		Watts		Wh/min/kW	Factor
1-May-08	5.1	sun am oc rain pm	1202	851	4.0	14.2%		Generation Analysis kWh
2-May-08	1.1	oc rain	630	854	0.9	3.1%
3-May-08	1.4	oc rain	443	857	1.1	3.9%		Total	187.0
4-May-08	9.4	pt cld am pristine sun pm	1310	859	7.3	26.1%		Average	6.0
5-May-08	8.7	sun am pt cld pm	1141	862	6.7	24.2%		Median	6.0
6-May-08	4.8	sun hz am br diff pm	1281	864	3.7	13.3%		Stdev	2.6
7-May-08	3.3	sun mod hz am rain pm	1144	866	2.5	9.2%
8-May-08	6.2	pt sun cool	1727	869	4.8	17.2%		WX short forms used
9-May-08	8.3	sun mod hz am sun pm	1246	872	6.3	23.1%
10-May-08	8.6	sun mod hz am sun hz pm	1277	874	6.6	23.9%		oc - overcast
11-May-08	4.1	sun od hz am oc rain pm	786	876	3.1	11.4%		diff - diffuse light
12-May-08	4.9	oc am sun pm	1293	878	3.7	13.6%		brks - breaks
13-May-08	9.1	sun	1095	880	6.9	25.3%		br - bright
14-May-08	3.3	br diff am oc rain pm	663	882	2.5	9.2%		cld - cloud
15-May-08	8.9	pt cld am pristine sun pm	1165	885	6.7	24.7%		hi - high altitude
16-May-08	6.3	oc am sun pm	1180	887	4.7	17.5%		hz - haze pollution or cirrus
17-May-08	5.0	rain oc am sun late pm	1425	889	3.7	13.9%		pds - periods
18-May-08	2.1	rain oc am sun late pm	913	891	1.6	5.8%		pt - part
19-May-08	4.6	oc pt sun am sun pm	1175	892	3.4	12.8%		wx - weather
20-May-08	6.2	pt sun am pt cld pm	1474	894	4.6	17.2%		sml - small
21-May-08	3.4	pt sun oc	1050	896	2.5	9.4%		mod - moderate
22-May-08	6.0	oc cld am sun pm	1688	898	4.5	16.7%
23-May-08	7.3	pt cld	1658	900	5.4	20.3%		Peak Watt Analysis W
24-May-08	9.3	sun pristine	1117	902	6.9	25.8%
25-May-08	9.2	sun	1169	903	6.8	25.6%		Maximum	1727
26-May-08	4.9	pt sun oc	1424	905	3.6	13.6%		Minimum	443
27-May-08	8.0	cld oc am sun pm	1608	907	5.9	22.2%		Average	1190
28-May-08	9.4	sun	1114	908	6.9	26.1%		Median	1175
29-May-08	9.5	sun	1120	910	7.0	26.4%		Std deviation	299
30-May-08	3.2	oc	980	912	2.3	8.9%
31-May-08	5.4	pt sun am oc rain pm	1380	913	3.9	15.0%		Efficiency Analysis Wh/min/kW
Monthly:	187.0			27436	Capacity Factor Analysis			Maximum	7.3
YTD:	693.6			108930				Minimum	0.9
					Maximum	26.4%		Average	4.5
					Minimum	3.1%		Median	4.5
					Average	16.8%		Std Deviation	1.9
					Median	16.7%
					Std Deviation	7.2%