Based on historical Friendship, AR data, solar panels that are tilted towards the equator at an angle equal to the latitude will produce the maximum solar energy output in Friendship.[1]
Friendship has an average monthly Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) of 4.45 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day), which is approximately 1% greater than the average monthly Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) of 4.42 kWh/m2/day. [1]
Solar installations in Friendship that are always titled at the latitude of Friendship (Average Tilt at Latitude or ATaL) average 4.99 kWh/m2/day, or about 12% greater than the average monthly GHI of 4.45 kWh/m2/day and approximately 13% greater than the average monthly DNI of 4.42 kWh/m2/day. [1]
Solar Energy Glossary
Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI)
Global Horizontal Irradiance: The total amount of solar radiation that is received per unit area by a surface that is always positioned in a horizontal manner.
Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI)
Direct Normal Irradiance: The total amount of solar radiation received per unit area by a surface that is always perpendicular to the sun rays that come in a straight line from the direction of the sun at its current position in the sky.
Average Tilt at Latitude (ATaL)
Average Tilt at Latitude: The total amount of solar radiation received per unit area by a surface that is tilted toward the equator at an angle equal to the current latitude. ATaL will often produce the optimum energy output.
Solar Radiation Levels in Friendship
Solar Radiation Data in Friendship, AR
See the chart below for monthly solar radiation levels in Friendship.
* Amounts listed in kWh/m2/day (kilowatt hours per square meter per day)
Solar Radiation Analysis for Friendship, AR
Friendship, AR has a average annual solar radiation value of 5.23 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day). [1]
The month with the highest historical solar radition values in Friendship is August with an average of 6.17 kWh/m2/day, followed by September at 5.96 kWh/m2/day and July at 5.93 kWh/m2/day. [1]
The three months that historically average the lowest average solar radiation levels in Friendship (Arkansas) are December with an average of 3.99 kWh/m2/day, followed by January with an average of 4.18 kWh/m2/day and February at 4.42 kWh/m2/day. [1]
Solar Power Comparison: Friendship vs. the U.S.
Solar Power Levels in Friendship
The average monthly solar radiation level in Friendship, AR, of 5.23 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day) is approximately 33% greater than the average level of 3.93 kWh/m2/day in a city with historically low levels (WA) and is approximately 21% less than the average level of 6.61 kWh/m2/day in a city with historically high levels (NV). [1]
→ Values listed as 0 (zero) are not available (N/A).
Solar Power: Friendship vs. the U.S.
Below is a month-by-month comparison of how average Friendship solar radiation levels compare to average levels in a city with historcially high levels (NV) and a city with historically low levels (WA). [1]
→ k/m/d = kWh/m2/day = kilowatt hours per square meter per day.
→ Values listed as 0 (zero) are not available (N/A).
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Solar Power Output in Friendship
The Power of Solar in Friendship, AR
Monthly AC solar system output averages for Friendship (ar). Month-by-month solar power, as ranked by AC output, in Friendship. [2]
* Amounts listed in kWhac (kilowatt hours (AC))
Solar Output Analysis for Friendship, AR
Friendship (AR) has a average annual solar AC output value of 5621.5 kilowatt hours (AC). [2]
The month with the highest historical solar power output in Friendship is August with an average of 540.14 kWhac, followed by July at 517.79 kWhac and September at 512.74 kWhac. [2]
The three months that historically average the lowest average solar output levels in Friendship (Arkansas) are February with an average of 377.31 kWhac, followed by December with an average of 386.59 kWhac and January at 404.42 kWhac. [2]
Cost of Utilities in Friendship
Friendship Electricity Costs
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The town of Friendship, AR in Hot Spring County has an approximate population of 176. [6]
Friendship, AR Solar Energy
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Did you know?
Nineteen-year-old Edmund Becquerel, a French experimental physicist, discovered the basis of solar energy in 1839.
