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McCann Technical School

System Details

Location	North Adams, MA   Map
Capacity	9.000 KWdc, 8.100 KWac
Commissioned Date	November 15, 2005
Monitoring Method	Soltrex
Array Azimuth	180°   What's this?
Array Tilt	5°   What's this?

Module Make and Model	Module Wdc	Quantity	Total Capacity (KWdc)
RWE Schott ASE 300	300	30	9.000
Inverter Make and Model	Inverter Wac	Quantity	Total Capacity (KWac)
Solectria PVI13	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	394	535	837	970	1112	1089	1121	1021	836	611	357	305	9,188
2010 Actual kWh 2010 Ratio to Model	197 0.50	0 0.00											197 0.21
2009 Actual kWh 2009 Ratio to Model	0 0.00	262 0.49	837 1.00	870 0.90	912 0.82	830 0.76	1,121 1.00	921 0.90	836 1.00	450 0.74	286 0.80	150 0.49	7,475 0.81
2008 Actual kWh 2008 Ratio to Model	1,083 2.75	214 0.40	716 0.86	1,078 1.11	1,153 1.04	1,063 0.98	1,151 1.03	1,021 1.00	836 1.00	611 1.00	357 1.00	200 0.66	9,483 1.03
2007 Actual kWh 2007 Ratio to Model	91 0.23	1 0.00	4 0.00	0 0.00	1,284 1.15	1,048 0.96	1,121 1.00	1,021 1.00	631 0.75	501 0.82	50 0.14	102 0.33	5,853 0.64
2006 Actual kWh 2006 Ratio to Model	69 0.17	207 0.39	90 0.11	0 0.00	823 0.74	913 0.84	1,192 1.06	1,088 1.07	745 0.89	567 0.93	317 0.89	219 0.72	6,231 0.68
2005 Actual kWh 2005 Ratio to Model											9 0.03	26 0.08	35 0.05

Energy/Pollution Equivalents

 Since monitoring began, this system has produced 29,274 kWh of electrical energy.

Enough electricity for...		More electricity equivalents
861 Americans' electricity needs for one day.	2,251,840 hours use of an energy-efficient CFL light bulb.	1,774,177,333 minutes yakking on a mobile phone.
And offsetting...		More pollution equivalents
26,262 lbs. of CO2 emissions, the main cause of global warming.	28,727 miles worth of CO2 emissions from the average American car.	39 trees cut down, given their capacity to absorb CO2.