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Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School

System Details

Location	Bourne, MA   Map
Capacity	2.400 KWdc, 2.160 KWac
Commissioned Date	June 30, 2005
Monitoring Method	Soltrex
Array Azimuth	180°   What's this?
Array Tilt	30°   What's this?

Module Make and Model	Module Wdc	Quantity	Total Capacity (KWdc)
RWE Schott ASE-DG-300	300	8	2.400
Inverter Make and Model	Inverter Wac	Quantity	Total Capacity (KWac)
SMA America Sunny Boy 2500	2500	1	2.500

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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	182	209	281	282	311	300	293	291	257	232	163	154	2,955
2010 Actual kWh 2010 Ratio to Model	213 1.17	203 0.97	256 0.91	321 1.14	357 1.15	272 0.91	348 1.19	326 1.12	105 0.41				2,401 1.00
2009 Actual kWh 2009 Ratio to Model	210 1.15	257 1.23	299 1.06	322 1.14	274 0.88	254 0.85	323 1.10	291 1.00	218 0.85	218 0.94	159 0.97	188 1.22	3,010 1.02
2008 Actual kWh 2008 Ratio to Model	197 1.08	214 1.02	297 1.06	315 1.12	311 1.00	316 1.05	338 1.15	358 1.23	271 1.06	266 1.14	197 1.21	152 0.99	3,231 1.09
2007 Actual kWh 2007 Ratio to Model	194 1.06	275 1.31	323 1.15	266 0.94	370 1.19	326 1.09	342 1.17	345 1.18	137 0.53	134 0.58	205 1.26	158 1.03	3,074 1.04
2006 Actual kWh 2006 Ratio to Model	181 0.99	261 1.25	316 1.13	336 1.19	315 1.01	270 0.90	345 1.18	337 1.16	300 1.17	279 1.20	172 1.06	181 1.18	3,291 1.11
2005 Actual kWh 2005 Ratio to Model								149 0.51	336 1.31	195 0.84	223 1.37	193 1.26	1,096 1.00

Energy/Pollution Equivalents

 Since monitoring began, this system has produced 16,103 kWh of electrical energy.

Enough electricity for...		More electricity equivalents
474 Americans' electricity needs for one day.	1,238,705 hours use of an energy-efficient CFL light bulb.	975,949,697 minutes yakking on a mobile phone.
And offsetting...		More pollution equivalents
14,446 lbs. of CO2 emissions, the main cause of global warming.	15,802 miles worth of CO2 emissions from the average American car.	22 trees cut down, given their capacity to absorb CO2.