German American School of Portland

Beaverton, OR

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Power

Output

374 w
Irradiance

73 w / m²
Temperature

Cell

47°F

Ambient

44°F

Lifetime
9,676 kwh

13,547 lbs of CO₂ Avoided

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Weather

40 °F/4 °C

Partly Cloudy at 8:53 am PST

Wind direction: S

Wind speed: 10 mph

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System Specs

Install Date: 1/26/2009

Size: 8 kW

Module tilt: 20.0°

Module orientation: 180.0° from North

Percent shading:

Sun Chart:

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System Installer

Christenson Electric, Inc.

Today, German American School of Portland generated 31 Kilowatt-hours of electricity. From fossil-fueled sources, this amount of electricity would have emitted 44 lbs of CO₂ into the atmosphere.

This could power:

An electric toothbrush for 2 years
A 42" plasma-screen television for 2 days
A typical video game system for 9 weeks

German American School of Portland (GSP) is located in Beaverton, Oregon and is home to one of the largest PV system on a school in the state, as of January 2009. Under peak sun conditions, the 7.8 kW system can generate enough electricity to light more than 560 compact fluorescent light bulbs. The PV system was donated by SolarWorld USA, with additional funding provided by PGE and Energy Trust of Oregon. BEF provided project management and educational materials.