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Dallas ISD Environmental Education Center

 LocationSeagoville, TX   Map
 Capacity 1.120 KWdc, 1.008 KWac
 Commissioned Date  February 18, 2004
 Monitoring MethodSoltrex
 Array Azimuth180°   What's this?
 Array Tilt30°   What's this?
Module Make and Model Module Wdc Quantity Total Capacity (KWdc)
Shell Solar SP140PC 140 8 1.120
Inverter Make and Model Inverter Wac Quantity Total Capacity (KWac)
SMA Sunny Boy 1800U 1800 1 1.800

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Modeled vs. Measured Energy Production and ConsumptionModeled vs. Measured Energy

PV Energy (kWh) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Tot
Modeled kWh Open glossary... 110 105 137 143 142 138 144 142 130 134 105 100 1,530
2010 Actual kWh Open glossary...
2010 Ratio to Model
101
0.92
17
0.16
118
0.55
2009 Actual kWh
2009 Ratio to Model
123
1.12
120
1.14
115
0.84
138
0.97
125
0.88
143
1.04
138
0.96
152
1.07
106
0.81
23
0.17
116
1.10
87
0.87
1,385
0.91
2008 Actual kWh
2008 Ratio to Model
99
0.90
124
1.18
125
0.91
139
0.97
140
0.99
149
1.08
162
1.12
139
0.98
135
1.04
141
1.05
116
1.10
96
0.96
1,566
1.02
2007 Actual kWh
2007 Ratio to Model
88
0.80
107
1.02
128
0.93
131
0.92
117
0.82
123
0.89
131
0.91
150
1.06
132
1.01
140
1.05
110
1.05
103
1.03
1,460
0.95
2006 Actual kWh
2006 Ratio to Model
124
1.13
104
0.99
128
0.94
150
1.05
163
1.15
159
1.15
153
1.06
155
1.09
141
1.09
143
1.07
117
1.12
114
1.14
1,651
1.08
2005 Actual kWh
2005 Ratio to Model
81
0.74
61
0.58
0
0.00
119
0.83
138
0.97
159
1.15
147
1.02
150
1.05
142
1.09
139
1.04
122
1.16
122
1.22
1,379
0.90
2004 Actual kWh
2004 Ratio to Model
20
0.19
133
0.97
127
0.89
146
1.03
126
0.91
147
1.02
0
0.00
0
0.00
0
0.00
82
0.78
0
0.00
781
0.55

Energyometer EquivalentsEnergy/Pollution Equivalents

 Since monitoring began, this system has produced 8,340 kWh of electrical energy.

Enough electricity for... More electricity equivalents
Child at personal computer245 Open glossary...
Americans'
electricity needs
for one day.
Compact-fluorescent lightbulb641,547 Open glossary...
hours use of an
energy-efficient
CFL light bulb.
Woman on mobile phone505,460,909 Open glossary...
minutes
yakking on a
mobile phone.
And offsetting... More pollution equivalents
Smokestack emitting pollution11,614 Open glossary...
lbs. of CO2 emissions,
the main cause
of global warming.
Pickup truck12,703 Open glossary...
miles worth of
CO2 emissions from
the average American car.
Pine tree17 Open glossary...
trees cut down,
given their capacity
to absorb CO2.

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Texas Solar for Schools and Green Mountain Energy

This is one of thirty-one systems installed during three phases of the Texas Solar for Schools program sponsored by the Texas State Energy Conservation Office's (SECO) Renewable Energy Demonstration Program. Green Mountain Energy, through its Big Texas Sun Club, also helped sponsor the Texas Solar for Schools installations at Alvin High School, Seabrook Elementary School, and the Dallas ISD Environmental Education Center.


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Seagoville
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