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Solar Panels in Briarcliffe Acres
Solar panels in Briarcliffe Acres that are tilted towards the equator at an angle equal to the latitude will produce the maximum solar energy output. [More]
Sunrise & Sunset in Briarcliffe Acres
The total length of the day in Briarcliffe Acres, SC today (July 12, 2020) will be 14 hours and 12 minutes. [More]
Solar Power in Briarcliffe Acres, SC
Solar Energy Data in Briarcliffe Acres, SC
See the chart below to see how different types of solar panel installations compare in Briarcliffe Acres.
Based on historical Briarcliffe Acres, SC data, solar panels that are tilted towards the equator at an angle equal to the latitude will produce the maximum solar energy output in Briarcliffe Acres.[1]
Briarcliffe Acres has an average monthly Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) of 4.66 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day), which is approximately 0% greater than the average monthly Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) of 4.65 kWh/m2/day. [1]
Solar installations in Briarcliffe Acres that are always titled at the latitude of Briarcliffe Acres (Average Tilt at Latitude or ATaL) average 5.28 kWh/m2/day, or about 13% greater than the average monthly GHI of 4.66 kWh/m2/day and approximately 14% greater than the average monthly DNI of 4.65 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 (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 Briarcliffe Acres
Solar Radiation Data in Briarcliffe Acres, SC
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* Amounts listed in kWh/m2/day (kilowatt hours per square meter per day)
Solar Radiation Analysis for Briarcliffe Acres, SC
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Solar Power Comparison: Briarcliffe Acres vs. the U.S.
Solar Power Levels in Briarcliffe Acres
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Solar Power: vs. the U.S.
Below is a month-by-month comparison of how average Briarcliffe Acres 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 Briarcliffe Acres, SC at this current time.
However, Briarcliffe Acres is in Horry County and Horry County has at least 0 solar insallations right now. [1]
Solar Power Output in Briarcliffe Acres
The Power of Solar in Briarcliffe Acres, SC
Monthly AC solar system output averages for Briarcliffe Acres (sc). Month-by-month solar power, as ranked by AC output, in Briarcliffe Acres. [2]
* Amounts listed in kWhac (kilowatt hours (AC))
Solar Output Analysis for Briarcliffe Acres, SC
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Cost of Utilities in Briarcliffe Acres
Briarcliffe Acres Electricity Costs
Electricity prices (residential) in Briarcliffe Acres averaged 13.07 cents per kilowatthour (¢/kWh) in April 2020, which was about 2% less than the overall U.S. average residential electricity rate of 13.28¢/kWh in April. [3]
Solar Power Poll: Briarcliffe Acres
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Briarcliffe Acres Natural Gas Costs
Natural gas prices (residential) in South Carolina averaged $16.14 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) in April 2020, which was approximately 51% more than the overall U.S. average residential natural gas rate of $10.68 per Mcf in April. [4]
Moderate breeze: 13 mps S
Precip.: Chance of Rain
Humidity: 66%
Cloud cover: 9%
More about Briarcliffe Acres
About Briarcliffe Acres
The town of Briarcliffe Acres, SC in Horry County has an approximate population of 457. [6]
Briarcliffe Acres, SC 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.
