Energy Output

• The CVEC PV system is rated to generate up to 2 kilowatts(KW) of electric energy at any given moment, but it will likely never reach that mark. Actual energy output is determined by:
  
  
  • the time of day
  • the amount of cloud cover
  • the termperature.
    
    

Notice that the system is peaking near 1.6 KW around early afternoon and that the the prime generation hours are from 10 AM to 4 PM during summer hours. Since this graph only gives you a continuous snapshot of energy output, the question becomes how much energy per hour or per day would it provide to my home or business, measured in kilowatt-hours (energy output over time). Read the information below and see if you can calculate the daily output.