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Springfield Technical Community College

System Details

Location	Springfield, MA   Map
Capacity	30.780 KWdc, 27.702 KWac
Commissioned Date	February 15, 2006
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 Solar ASE-300-DGF/50	285	108	30.780
Inverter Make and Model	Inverter Wac	Quantity	Total Capacity (KWac)
Solectria PVI13	13000	2	26.000

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	1369	1814	2892	3195	3680	3675	3625	3376	2702	2162	1318	1104	30,912
2010 Actual kWh 2010 Ratio to Model	717 0.52	0 0.00											717 0.23
2009 Actual kWh 2009 Ratio to Model	246 0.18	1,379 0.76	2,793 0.97	1,911 0.60	2,916 0.79	1,960 0.53	1,945 0.54	1,843 0.55	1,586 0.59	985 0.46	1,276 0.97	1,002 0.91	19,841 0.64
2008 Actual kWh 2008 Ratio to Model	887 0.65	1,175 0.65	2,690 0.93	3,695 1.16	3,827 1.04	3,580 0.97	3,851 1.06	3,839 1.14	2,926 1.08	2,367 1.09	1,173 0.89	678 0.61	30,687 0.99
2007 Actual kWh 2007 Ratio to Model	1,297 0.95	1,109 0.61	2,554 0.88	2,896 0.91	4,529 1.23	4,189 1.14	4,333 1.20	3,904 1.16	3,460 1.28	2,193 1.01	1,372 1.04	512 0.46	32,345 1.05
2006 Actual kWh 2006 Ratio to Model								3,376 1.00	1,981 0.73	2,163 1.00	1,347 1.02	1,051 0.95	9,917 0.93

Energy/Pollution Equivalents

 Since monitoring began, this system has produced 93,507 kWh of electrical energy.

Enough electricity for...		More electricity equivalents
2,750 Americans' electricity needs for one day.	7,192,853 hours use of an energy-efficient CFL light bulb.	5,667,096,061 minutes yakking on a mobile phone.
And offsetting...		More pollution equivalents
83,886 lbs. of CO2 emissions, the main cause of global warming.	91,759 miles worth of CO2 emissions from the average American car.	125 trees cut down, given their capacity to absorb CO2.