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Brookfield Farm

System Details

Location	Amherst, MA   Map
Capacity	3.780 KWdc, 3.402 KWac
Commissioned Date	September 25, 2005
Monitoring Method	Soltrex
Array Azimuth	163°   What's this?
Array Tilt	18°   What's this?

Module Make and Model	Module Wdc	Quantity	Total Capacity (KWdc)
RWE-Schott ASE-300-DGF50	270	14	3.780
Inverter Make and Model	Inverter Wac	Quantity	Total Capacity (KWac)
SMA Sunny Boy 6000U	6000	1	6.000

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	214	263	392	406	452	448	444	426	360	310	202	180	4,097
2010 Actual kWh 2010 Ratio to Model	106 0.49	205 0.78	345 0.88	474 1.17	530 1.17	423 0.94	443 1.00						2,525 0.96
2009 Actual kWh 2009 Ratio to Model	16 0.07	145 0.55	367 0.94	440 1.08	474 1.05	397 0.89	506 1.14	477 1.12	416 1.16	258 0.83	169 0.83	84 0.47	3,748 0.91
2008 Actual kWh 2008 Ratio to Model	26 0.12	143 0.54	348 0.89	487 1.20	526 1.16	481 1.07	471 1.06	485 1.14	383 1.07	345 1.11	158 0.78	58 0.32	3,912 0.95
2007 Actual kWh 2007 Ratio to Model	161 0.75	122 0.47	334 0.85	373 0.92	612 1.35	541 1.21	543 1.22	488 1.14	450 1.25	300 0.97	169 0.84	25 0.14	4,118 1.01
2006 Actual kWh 2006 Ratio to Model	12 0.06	263 1.00	230 0.59	406 1.00	396 0.88	358 0.80	444 1.00	426 1.00	360 1.00	310 1.00	202 1.00	739 4.11	4,149 1.01
2005 Actual kWh 2005 Ratio to Model										187 0.60	305 1.51	39 0.22	532 0.77

Energy/Pollution Equivalents

 Since monitoring began, this system has produced 18,983 kWh of electrical energy.

Enough electricity for...		More electricity equivalents
558 Americans' electricity needs for one day.	1,460,258 hours use of an energy-efficient CFL light bulb.	1,150,506,303 minutes yakking on a mobile phone.
And offsetting...		More pollution equivalents
17,030 lbs. of CO2 emissions, the main cause of global warming.	18,628 miles worth of CO2 emissions from the average American car.	25 trees cut down, given their capacity to absorb CO2.