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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

System Details

Location	North Adams, MA   Map
Capacity	9.000 KWdc, 8.100 KWac
Commissioned Date	October 15, 2005
Monitoring Method	Soltrex
Array Azimuth	160°   What's this?
Array Tilt	5°   What's this?

Module Make and Model	Module Wdc	Quantity	Total Capacity (KWdc)
RWE Schott DG300	300	30	9.000
Inverter Make and Model	Inverter Wac	Quantity	Total Capacity (KWac)
Solectria PVI13	13000	1	13.000

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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	392	533	833	967	1110	1090	1121	1020	834	609	352	303	9,164
2010 Actual kWh 2010 Ratio to Model	196 0.50	0 0.00											196 0.21
2009 Actual kWh 2009 Ratio to Model	1 0.00	194 0.36	825 0.99	898 0.93	810 0.73	822 0.75	902 0.80	1,221 1.20	834 1.00	450 0.74	282 0.80	150 0.50	7,389 0.81
2008 Actual kWh 2008 Ratio to Model	164 0.42	65 0.12	612 0.73	987 1.02	1,083 0.98	818 0.75	115 0.10	749 0.73	808 0.97	581 0.95	265 0.75	151 0.50	6,397 0.70
2007 Actual kWh 2007 Ratio to Model	162 0.41	18 0.03	0 0.00	17 0.02	1,219 1.10	916 0.84	963 0.86	907 0.89	891 1.07	567 0.93	332 0.94	11 0.04	6,003 0.66
2006 Actual kWh 2006 Ratio to Model	129 0.33	339 0.64	723 0.87	854 0.88	777 0.70	916 0.84	952 0.85	961 0.94	678 0.81	523 0.86	305 0.87	180 0.59	7,338 0.80
2005 Actual kWh 2005 Ratio to Model										0 0.00	25 0.07	71 0.23	96 0.08

Energy/Pollution Equivalents

 Since monitoring began, this system has produced 27,419 kWh of electrical energy.

Enough electricity for...		More electricity equivalents
806 Americans' electricity needs for one day.	2,109,165 hours use of an energy-efficient CFL light bulb.	1,661,766,303 minutes yakking on a mobile phone.
And offsetting...		More pollution equivalents
24,598 lbs. of CO2 emissions, the main cause of global warming.	26,907 miles worth of CO2 emissions from the average American car.	37 trees cut down, given their capacity to absorb CO2.