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Simon's Rock College of Bard

System Details

Location	Great Barrington, MA   Map
Capacity	10.560 KWdc, 9.504 KWac
Commissioned Date	November 21, 2005
Monitoring Method	Soltrex
Array Azimuth	165°   What's this?
Array Tilt	25°   What's this?

Module Make and Model	Module Wdc	Quantity	Total Capacity (KWdc)
Evergreen EC-110	110	96	10.560
Inverter Make and Model	Inverter Wac	Quantity	Total Capacity (KWac)
Solectria PVI13KW	13000	1	13.000

Latest Graph Data

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Modeled vs. Measured Energy

PV Energy (kWh)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Tot
Modeled kWh	625	774	1072	1124	1252	1202	1273	1195	1035	842	536	485	11,415
2010 Actual kWh 2010 Ratio to Model	199 0.32	120 0.15											319 0.23
2009 Actual kWh 2009 Ratio to Model	14 0.02	404 0.52	959 0.89	1,059 0.94	1,027 0.82	939 0.78	1,105 0.87	1,085 0.91	1,030 0.99	522 0.62	501 0.94	382 0.79	9,028 0.79
2008 Actual kWh 2008 Ratio to Model	401 0.64	260 0.34	813 0.76	1,190 1.06	1,171 0.94	1,079 0.90	1,185 0.93	1,087 0.91	989 0.96	842 1.00	373 0.70	228 0.47	9,617 0.84
2007 Actual kWh 2007 Ratio to Model	625 1.00	774 1.00	1,072 1.00	1,124 1.00	0 0.00	600 0.50	1,273 1.00	1,195 1.00	830 0.80	690 0.82	536 1.00	78 0.16	8,797 0.77
2006 Actual kWh 2006 Ratio to Model	285 0.46	555 0.72	871 0.81	1,178 1.05	1,030 0.82	1,010 0.84	1,273 1.00	1,195 1.00	1,035 1.00	842 1.00	375 0.70	485 1.00	10,134 0.89
2005 Actual kWh 2005 Ratio to Model	0 0.00	0 0.00	0 0.00	0 0.00	0 0.00	0 0.00	0 0.00	0 0.00	0 0.00	0 0.00	21 0.04	142 0.29	163 0.01

Energy/Pollution Equivalents

 Since monitoring began, this system has produced 38,057 kWh of electrical energy.

Enough electricity for...		More electricity equivalents
1,119 Americans' electricity needs for one day.	2,927,432 hours use of an energy-efficient CFL light bulb.	2,306,461,333 minutes yakking on a mobile phone.
And offsetting...		More pollution equivalents
34,141 lbs. of CO2 emissions, the main cause of global warming.	37,345 miles worth of CO2 emissions from the average American car.	51 trees cut down, given their capacity to absorb CO2.