See the chart below to see how different types of solar panel installations compare in Rock Springs.
* Amounts listed in kWh/m2/day (kilowatt hours per square meter per day).
* See glossary & definitions below.
Based on historical Rock Springs, WY data, solar panels that always track the sun throughout the day will produce the maximum solar energy output in Rock Springs. [1]
Rock Springs has an average monthly Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) of 4.56 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day), which is approximately 22% less than the average monthly Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) of 5.88 kWh/m2/day. [1]
Solar installations in Rock Springs that are always titled at the latitude of Rock Springs (Average Tilt at Latitude or ATaL) average 5.36 kWh/m2/day, or about 18% greater than the average monthly GHI of 4.56 kWh/m2/day and approximately 9% less than the average monthly DNI of 5.88 kWh/m2/day. [1]
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: 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: 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.
See the chart below for monthly solar radiation levels in Rock Springs.
* Amounts listed in kWh/m2/day (kilowatt hours per square meter per day)
Rock Springs, WY has a average annual solar radiation value of 5.78 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day). [1]
The month with the highest historical solar radition values in Rock Springs is August with an average of 6.87 kWh/m2/day, followed by July at 6.76 kWh/m2/day and June at 6.62 kWh/m2/day. [1]
The three months that historically average the lowest average solar radiation levels in Rock Springs (Wyoming) are December with an average of 3.64 kWh/m2/day, followed by January with an average of 4.42 kWh/m2/day and November at 4.53 kWh/m2/day. [1]
The average monthly solar radiation level in Rock Springs, WY, of 5.78 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day) is approximately 47% greater than the average level of 3.93 kWh/m2/day in a city with historically low levels (WA) and is approximately 13% less than the average level of 6.61 kWh/m2/day in a city with historically high levels (NV). [1]
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Below is a month-by-month comparison of how average Rock Springs 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).
We do not currently have data on solar panel installations in the city of Rock Springs, WY at this current time.
Monthly AC solar system output averages for Rock Springs (wy). Month-by-month solar power, as ranked by AC output, in Rock Springs. [2]
* Amounts listed in kWhac (kilowatt hours (AC))
Rock Springs (WY) has a average annual solar AC output value of 6641.22 kilowatt hours (AC). [2]
The month with the highest historical solar power output in Rock Springs is May with an average of 631.06 kWhac, followed by August at 628.18 kWhac and July at 626.94 kWhac. [2]
The three months that historically average the lowest average solar output levels in Rock Springs (Wyoming) are December with an average of 378.42 kWhac, followed by November with an average of 445.04 kWhac and January at 461.9 kWhac. [2]
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The city of Rock Springs, WY in Sweetwater County has an approximate population of 23,036. [6]
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Nineteen-year-old Edmund Becquerel, a French experimental physicist, discovered the basis of solar energy in 1839.
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