Molalla High School

Molalla, OR

As of 7:53pm PDT
Power

Output

246.0 W
Irradiance

142.4 W/m²
Temperature

Cell

2,498.0°F

Ambient

62.8°F

Lifetime
7,569.3 kWh

10,597.0 lbs of CO₂ Avoided

Weather

54 °F/12 °C

Overcast at 7:11pm

Wind direction: N

Wind speed: 0 mph

System Specs

Install date: 1/1/2006

System size: 1.0 kW

Module tilt: 40.0°

Module orientation: 190.0° from North

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System Installer

Christenson Electric, Inc.

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This week, Molalla High School generated Kilowatt-hours of electricity.From fossil-fueled sources, this amount of electricity would have emitted lbs of CO₂ into the atmosphere.

This could power:

An electric toothbrush for
A 42" plasma-screen television for
A typical video game system for

Dubbed “Pipa Y’ai” (“Sun for Man” in Molalla tribal dialect) the Molalla High School (Oregon) 1.1 kW solar-electric installation is the seventh Solar 4R Schools project to come from BEF’s collaboration with Portland General Electric and Energy Trust of Oregon. Using Molalla’s own system as a model, students are able to study various techniques for mounting residential photovoltaic systems. In addition, by creating a documentary film focused on the installation and operation of the project, the school’s Video Production class utilized the solar-electric system in an equally interesting way.