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Maplewood Elementary School

 LocationAustin, TX   Map
 Capacity 1.800 KWdc, 1.620 KWac
 Commissioned Date  October 22, 2001
 Monitoring MethodSoltrex
 Array Azimuth180°   What's this?
 Array Tilt25°   What's this?
Module Make and Model Module Wdc Quantity Total Capacity (KWdc)
Siemens SP 75 75 24 1.800
Inverter Make and Model Inverter Wac Quantity Total Capacity (KWac)
Omnion 2500 1 2.500

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Modeled vs. Measured Energy Production and ConsumptionModeled vs. Measured Energy

PV Energy (kWh) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Tot
Modeled kWh Open glossary... 166 164 214 219 219 221 233 239 211 210 162 156 2,414
2010 Actual kWh Open glossary...
2010 Ratio to Model
60
0.36
63
0.38
106
0.50
86
0.39
98
0.45
98
0.44
101
0.43
122
0.51
24
0.11
758
0.40
2009 Actual kWh
2009 Ratio to Model
80
0.48
94
0.57
100
0.47
105
0.48
109
0.50
125
0.57
118
0.51
125
0.52
80
0.38
67
0.32
72
0.44
53
0.34
1,128
0.47
2008 Actual kWh
2008 Ratio to Model
71
0.43
91
0.55
89
0.42
110
0.50
120
0.55
124
0.56
133
0.57
116
0.49
119
0.56
104
0.50
77
0.48
59
0.38
1,213
0.50
2007 Actual kWh
2007 Ratio to Model
52
0.31
89
0.54
91
0.43
97
0.44
108
0.49
115
0.52
111
0.48
132
0.55
111
0.53
109
0.52
69
0.43
74
0.47
1,158
0.48
2006 Actual kWh
2006 Ratio to Model
92
0.55
76
0.46
104
0.49
110
0.50
118
0.54
137
0.62
135
0.58
146
0.61
123
0.58
108
0.51
87
0.54
72
0.46
1,308
0.54
2005 Actual kWh
2005 Ratio to Model
69
0.42
67
0.41
120
0.56
130
0.59
132
0.60
140
0.63
128
0.55
141
0.59
119
0.56
113
0.54
92
0.57
80
0.51
1,331
0.55
2004 Actual kWh
2004 Ratio to Model
67
0.40
79
0.48
95
0.44
98
0.45
130
0.59
116
0.52
143
0.61
149
0.62
121
0.57
99
0.47
68
0.42
81
0.52
1,246
0.52
2003 Actual kWh
2003 Ratio to Model
91
0.55
53
0.32
116
0.54
136
0.62
139
0.63
95
0.43
75
0.32
146
0.61
118
0.56
112
0.53
72
0.44
87
0.56
1,240
0.51

Energyometer EquivalentsEnergy/Pollution Equivalents

 Since monitoring began, this system has produced 9,382 kWh of electrical energy.

Enough electricity for... More electricity equivalents
Child at personal computer276 Open glossary...
Americans'
electricity needs
for one day.
Compact-fluorescent lightbulb721,692 Open glossary...
hours use of an
energy-efficient
CFL light bulb.
Woman on mobile phone568,606,061 Open glossary...
minutes
yakking on a
mobile phone.
And offsetting... More pollution equivalents
Smokestack emitting pollution13,064 Open glossary...
lbs. of CO2 emissions,
the main cause
of global warming.
Pickup truck14,290 Open glossary...
miles worth of
CO2 emissions from
the average American car.
Pine tree19 Open glossary...
trees cut down,
given their capacity
to absorb CO2.

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Texas Solar for Schools

This is one of thirty-one systems installed during three phases of the Texas Solar for Schools program sponsored by the Texas State Energy Conservation Office's (SECO) Renewable Energy Demonstration Program. 100% of funding for these projects is derived from oil overcharge funds from the Exxon settlement as provided by the Texas State Energy Conservation Office and the U. S. Department of Energy.


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