Based on historical Big Piney, WY data, solar panels that always track the sun throughout the day will produce the maximum solar energy output in Big Piney.[1]
Big Piney has an average monthly Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) of 4.54 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day), which is approximately 24% less than the average monthly Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) of 5.96 kWh/m2/day. [1]
Solar installations in Big Piney that are always titled at the latitude of Big Piney (Average Tilt at Latitude or ATaL) average 5.39 kWh/m2/day, or about 19% greater than the average monthly GHI of 4.54 kWh/m2/day and approximately 10% less than the average monthly DNI of 5.96 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 Big Piney
Solar Radiation Data in Big Piney, WY
See the chart below for monthly solar radiation levels in Big Piney.
* Amounts listed in kWh/m2/day (kilowatt hours per square meter per day)
Solar Radiation Analysis for Big Piney, WY
Big Piney, WY has a average annual solar radiation value of 5.65 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day). [1]
The month with the highest historical solar radition values in Big Piney is June with an average of 6.75 kWh/m2/day, followed by July at 6.75 kWh/m2/day and August at 6.74 kWh/m2/day. [1]
The three months that historically average the lowest average solar radiation levels in Big Piney (Wyoming) are December with an average of 3.66 kWh/m2/day, followed by January with an average of 4.03 kWh/m2/day and November at 4.46 kWh/m2/day. [1]
Solar Power Comparison: Big Piney vs. the U.S.
Solar Power Levels in Big Piney
The average monthly solar radiation level in Big Piney, WY, of 5.65 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day) is approximately 44% greater than the average level of 3.93 kWh/m2/day in a city with historically low levels (WA) and is approximately 15% 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: Big Piney vs. the U.S.
Below is a month-by-month comparison of how average Big Piney 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 Big Piney
The Power of Solar in Big Piney, WY
Monthly AC solar system output averages for Big Piney (wy). Month-by-month solar power, as ranked by AC output, in Big Piney. [2]
* Amounts listed in kWhac (kilowatt hours (AC))
Solar Output Analysis for Big Piney, WY
Big Piney (WY) has a average annual solar AC output value of 6524.56 kilowatt hours (AC). [2]
The month with the highest historical solar power output in Big Piney is August with an average of 635.22 kWhac, followed by May at 630.5 kWhac and April at 623.98 kWhac. [2]
The three months that historically average the lowest average solar output levels in Big Piney (Wyoming) are December with an average of 385.96 kWhac, followed by January with an average of 411.79 kWhac and February at 419.08 kWhac. [2]
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More about Big Piney
About Big Piney
The town of Big Piney, WY in Sublette County has an approximate population of 552. [6]
Big Piney, WY 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.