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Solar Data August 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.

August 2008 Energy Generation Analysis            
Day  kWh Weather Peak  Minutes Efficiency Capacity   Array Size 1.5  kW
  Gen   Watts   Wh/min/kW Factor        
1-Aug-08 5.6 sun pt cld 1342 873 4.3 15.6%   Generation Analysis kWh  
2-Aug-08 5.6 sun pt cld rain 1404 871 4.3 15.6%        
3-Aug-08 7.7 sun pt cld 1309 869 5.9 21.4%   Total 170.5  
4-Aug-08 6.4 sun hz pt cld 1004 867 4.9 17.8%   Average 5.5  
5-Aug-08 4.6 mod hz sun oc pm 1087 863 3.6 12.8%   Median 5.6  
6-Aug-08 7.0 sun pt cld 1136 861 5.4 19.4%   Stdev 1.8  
7-Aug-08 3.6 oc rain pt sun 1096 859 2.8 10.0%        
8-Aug-08 6.3 oc rain am pt cld pm 1303 856 4.9 17.5%   WX short forms used  
9-Aug-08 2.7 sun hz am oc rain pm 1121 854 2.1 7.5%        
10-Aug-08 3.7 sun am oc rain pm 1088 851 2.9 10.3%   oc - overcast    
11-Aug-08 5.8 pt cld 1220 849 4.6 16.1%   diff - diffuse light  
12-Aug-08 6.8 sun cld pds 1457 846 5.4 18.9%   brks - breaks    
13-Aug-08 4.4 oc rain br diff am sun pm 1221 844 3.5 12.2%   br - bright    
14-Aug-08 6.9 sun pt cld 1228 840 5.5 19.2%   cld - cloud    
15-Aug-08 5.1 sun am rain pm 1271 838 4.1 14.2%   hi - high altitude  
16-Aug-08 7.4 sun pt cld 1144 835 5.9 20.6%   hz - haze pollution or cirrus  
17-Aug-08 6.0 sun cld hz 1182 833 4.8 16.7%   pds - periods    
18-Aug-08 6.4 sun am pt sun pm 1112 830 5.1 17.8%   pt - part    
19-Aug-08 8.8 pristine sun 1128 828 7.1 24.4%   wx - weather    
20-Aug-08 8.5 pristine sun 1090 825 6.9 23.6%   sml - small    
21-Aug-08 8.3 sun hi hz pm 1100 822 6.7 23.1%   mod - moderate  
22-Aug-08 6.6 sun am oc late pm 1031 819 5.4 18.3%        
23-Aug-08 5.8 sun hi hz 1061 816 4.7 16.1%   Peak Watt Analysis W  
24-Aug-08 2.9 cld am rain sun pm * 1071 813 2.4 8.1%        
25-Aug-08 5.4 sun pt cld * 1333 811 4.4 15.0%   Maximum 1457  
26-Aug-08 5.5 sun hz * 1122 808 4.5 15.3%   Minimum 1004  
27-Aug-08 4.0 sun hz cld * 1222 805 3.3 11.1%   Average 1180  
28-Aug-08 2.0 cld sun brks oc rain pm * 1316 803 1.7 5.6%   Median 1132  
29-Aug-08 2.2 cld rain oc * 1118 800 1.8 6.1%   Std deviation 116  
30-Aug-08 3.9 pristine sun *   796 3.3 10.8%        
31-Aug-08 4.6 pristine sun * 1072 793 3.9 12.8%   Efficiency Analysis Wh/min/kW
                   
Monthly: 170.5     25878 Capacity Factor Analysis   Maximum 7.1  
YTD: 1235.3     190498       Minimum 1.7  
        Maximum 24.4%   Average 4.4  
        Minimum 5.6%   Median 4.5  
        Average 15.3%   Std Deviation 1.4  
        Median 15.6%        
        Std Deviation 5.0%