See the chart below to see how different types of solar panel installations compare in Los Gatos.
* Amounts listed in kWh/m2/day (kilowatt hours per square meter per day).
* See glossary & definitions below.
Based on historical Los Gatos, CA data, solar panels that always track the sun throughout the day will produce the maximum solar energy output in Los Gatos. [1]
Los Gatos has an average monthly Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) of 5.15 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day), which is approximately 13% less than the average monthly Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) of 5.94 kWh/m2/day. [1]
Solar installations in Los Gatos that are always titled at the latitude of Los Gatos (Average Tilt at Latitude or ATaL) average 5.9 kWh/m2/day, or about 15% greater than the average monthly GHI of 5.15 kWh/m2/day and approximately 1% less than the average monthly DNI of 5.94 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 Los Gatos.
* Amounts listed in kWh/m2/day (kilowatt hours per square meter per day)
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Below is a month-by-month comparison of how average Los Gatos 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 town of Los Gatos, CA at this current time.
However, Los Gatos is in Santa Clara County and Santa Clara County has at least 35,058 solar insallations right now. [1]
Monthly AC solar system output averages for Los Gatos (ca). Month-by-month solar power, as ranked by AC output, in Los Gatos. [2]
* Amounts listed in kWhac (kilowatt hours (AC))
Electricity prices (residential) in Los Gatos averaged 19.82 cents per kilowatthour (¢/kWh) in February 2019, which was about 56% more than the overall U.S. average residential electricity rate of 12.70¢/kWh in February. [3]
Vote now: Given all of the data and analysis provided for Los Gatos, is solar power a good choice for residents of this town?
Natural gas prices (residential) in California averaged $13.43 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) in February 2019, which was approximately 42% more than the overall U.S. average residential natural gas rate of $9.49 per Mcf in February. [4]
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The town of Los Gatos, CA in Santa Clara County has an approximate population of 29,413. [6]
To learn more about solar energy and solar power Los Gatos, CA, or for more solar-related resources for Los Gatos, visit the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Nineteen-year-old Edmund Becquerel, a French experimental physicist, discovered the basis of solar energy in 1839.
