A 10kW solar system does not produce 10 kWh per day. That’s a bit of a misconception. We are going to look at exactly how many kWh does a 10kW solar system produce per day, per month, and per year.
On top of that, you will get these two very useful resources:
- 10kW Solar System kWh Calculator. Just input peak sun hours at your location, and the calculator will determine how much power 10kW solar system produces there per day, per month, and per year.
- 10kW Solar Panels Power Output Per Day, Per Month, And Per Year Chart. We have calculated 10kWh daily, monthly, and yearly kWh output for areas with 3.0 peak sun hours all the way to places with 8.0 peak sun hours, and summarized the result in a neat chart.
Here are a quick ranges from the chart:
- 10kW solar system will produce anywhere from 30 kWh to 80 kWh per day (for Alaska and Arizona, respectively). If we presume US national residential electricity price to be about $0.15/kWh, that’s $4.50 to $12.00 worth of electricity per day.
- 10kW solar system will produce anywhere from 900 kWh to 2,400 kWh per month. That’s $135 to $360 worth of electricity per month.
- 10kW solar system will produce anywhere from 10,950 kWh to 29,200 kWh per year. That’s $1,642.50 to a whopping $4,380 worth of electricity per year.
To calculate the 10kW solar system output, we need to have a good grasp of peak sun hours. If you check this average peak sun hours chart by state (for all 50 US states), you can see that we get anywhere between 3 and 7 peak sun hours per day.
Peak sun hours are basically a measure of how sunny your location is. Here is how you can think about how many kWh will a 10kW system produce per day, depending on the number of peak sun hours:
- 10kW solar system at a location with 1 peak sun hour will produce 10 kWh of electricity per day.
- 10kW solar system at a location with 2 peak sun hour will produce 20 kWh of electricity per day.
- 10kW solar system at a location with 3 peak sun hour will produce 30 kWh of electricity per day.
- 10kW solar system at a location with 4 peak sun hour will produce 40 kWh of electricity per day.
- 10kW solar system at a location with 5 peak sun hour will produce 50 kWh of electricity per day.
- 10kW solar system at a location with 6 peak sun hour will produce 60 kWh of electricity per day.
- 10kW solar system at a location with 7 peak sun hour will produce 70 kWh of electricity per day.
- 10kW solar system at a location with 8 peak sun hour will produce 80 kWh of electricity per day.
Get a sense of it? We can write the 10kW solar panels’ electricity production per day, per month, and per year, in equations like this:
10kW Power Production Per Day = 10kW × Peak Sun Hours
10kW Power Production Per Month = 10kW × Peak Sun Hours × 30 Days
10kW Power Production Per Year = 10kW × Peak Sun Hours × 365 Days
Quick Example: Let’s say you want to install a 10kW solar system in Texas. According to the peak sun hours by state data, Texas received 4.92 peak sun hours (yearly average). How much power will this 10kW solar system generate in Texas? Let’s use the 3 equations from above:
10kW Power Production Per Day (Texas) = 10kW × 4.92h = 49.2 kWh/Day
10kW Power Production Per Month (Texas) = 10kW × 4.92h × 30 Days = 1,476 kWh/Month
10kW Power Production Per Year (Texas) = 10kW × 4.92h × 365 Days = 17,958 kWh/Year
If we take into account Texas residential electricity price ($0.1482/kWh as of November 2022, according to EIA), an average 10kW solar system will generate $7.29 per day, $218.74 per month, and $2661.38 per year in electricity.
This was just one example. You can check the peak sun hours for you state/location, and use the 10kW Solar System kWh Calculator. It will tell you everything – kWh/Day, kWh/Month, and kWh/Year. Below the calculator, you also get the complete chart with summarized 10kW power production rates for locations with different sun exposure:
10kW Solar System kWh Calculator
Here is how this 10kW solar output calculator works:
Let’s say you live in sunny California. You consult this state-by-state chart, and see that California has a yearly average of 5.38 peak sun hours per day. Slide that slider to ‘5.38’ and you get the results:
An average 10kW solar system in California will generate 53.80 kWh per day, 1,614 kWh per month, and 19,637 kWh per year.
Here is the full 10kW system output per day, month, and year for very cold climates (3.0 peak sun hours) to incredibly sunny climates (8.0 peak sun hours):
10kW Solar Panels Power Output Per Day, Per Month, And Per Year (Chart)
| Peak Sun Hours: | 10kW System Output Per Day (kWh/Day): | 10kW System Output Per Month (kWh/Month): | 10kW System Output Per Year (kWh/Year): |
| 3.0 Peak Sun Hours | 30 kWh Per Day | 900 kWh Per Month | 10,950 kWh Per Year |
| 3.1 Peak Sun Hours | 31 kWh Per Day | 930 kWh Per Month | 11,315 kWh Per Year |
| 3.2 Peak Sun Hours | 32 kWh Per Day | 960 kWh Per Month | 11,680 kWh Per Year |
| 3.3 Peak Sun Hours | 33 kWh Per Day | 990 kWh Per Month | 12,045 kWh Per Year |
| 3.4 Peak Sun Hours | 34 kWh Per Day | 1,020 kWh Per Month | 12,410 kWh Per Year |
| 3.5 Peak Sun Hours | 35 kWh Per Day | 1,050 kWh Per Month | 12,775 kWh Per Year |
| 3.6 Peak Sun Hours | 36 kWh Per Day | 1,080 kWh Per Month | 13,140 kWh Per Year |
| 3.7 Peak Sun Hours | 37 kWh Per Day | 1,110 kWh Per Month | 13,505 kWh Per Year |
| 3.8 Peak Sun Hours | 38 kWh Per Day | 1,140 kWh Per Month | 13,870 kWh Per Year |
| 3.9 Peak Sun Hours | 39 kWh Per Day | 1,170 kWh Per Month | 14,235 kWh Per Year |
| 4.0 Peak Sun Hours | 40 kWh Per Day | 1,200 kWh Per Month | 14,600 kWh Per Year |
| 4.1 Peak Sun Hours | 41 kWh Per Day | 1,230 kWh Per Month | 14,965 kWh Per Year |
| 4.2 Peak Sun Hours | 42 kWh Per Day | 1,260 kWh Per Month | 15,330 kWh Per Year |
| 4.3 Peak Sun Hours | 43 kWh Per Day | 1,290 kWh Per Month | 15,695 kWh Per Year |
| 4.4 Peak Sun Hours | 44 kWh Per Day | 1,320 kWh Per Month | 16,060 kWh Per Year |
| 4.5 Peak Sun Hours | 45 kWh Per Day | 1,350 kWh Per Month | 16,425 kWh Per Year |
| 4.6 Peak Sun Hours | 46 kWh Per Day | 1,380 kWh Per Month | 16,790 kWh Per Year |
| 4.7 Peak Sun Hours | 47 kWh Per Day | 1,410 kWh Per Month | 17,155 kWh Per Year |
| 4.8 Peak Sun Hours | 48 kWh Per Day | 1,440 kWh Per Month | 17,520 kWh Per Year |
| 4.9 Peak Sun Hours | 49 kWh Per Day | 1,470 kWh Per Month | 17,885 kWh Per Year |
| 5.0 Peak Sun Hours | 50 kWh Per Day | 1,500 kWh Per Month | 18,250 kWh Per Year |
| 5.1 Peak Sun Hours | 51 kWh Per Day | 1,530 kWh Per Month | 18,615 kWh Per Year |
| 5.2 Peak Sun Hours | 52 kWh Per Day | 1,560 kWh Per Month | 18,980 kWh Per Year |
| 5.3 Peak Sun Hours | 53 kWh Per Day | 1,590 kWh Per Month | 19,345 kWh Per Year |
| 5.4 Peak Sun Hours | 54 kWh Per Day | 1,620 kWh Per Month | 19,710 kWh Per Year |
| 5.5 Peak Sun Hours | 55 kWh Per Day | 1,650 kWh Per Month | 20,075 kWh Per Year |
| 5.6 Peak Sun Hours | 56 kWh Per Day | 1,680 kWh Per Month | 20,440 kWh Per Year |
| 5.7 Peak Sun Hours | 57 kWh Per Day | 1,710 kWh Per Month | 20,805 kWh Per Year |
| 5.8 Peak Sun Hours | 58 kWh Per Day | 1,740 kWh Per Month | 21,170 kWh Per Year |
| 5.9 Peak Sun Hours | 59 kWh Per Day | 1,770 kWh Per Month | 21,535 kWh Per Year |
| 6.0 Peak Sun Hours | 60 kWh Per Day | 1,800 kWh Per Month | 21,900 kWh Per Year |
| 6.1 Peak Sun Hours | 61 kWh Per Day | 1,830 kWh Per Month | 22,265 kWh Per Year |
| 6.2 Peak Sun Hours | 62 kWh Per Day | 1,860 kWh Per Month | 22,630 kWh Per Year |
| 6.3 Peak Sun Hours | 63 kWh Per Day | 1,890 kWh Per Month | 22,995 kWh Per Year |
| 6.4 Peak Sun Hours | 64 kWh Per Day | 1,920 kWh Per Month | 23,360 kWh Per Year |
| 6.5 Peak Sun Hours | 65 kWh Per Day | 1,950 kWh Per Month | 23,725 kWh Per Year |
| 6.6 Peak Sun Hours | 66 kWh Per Day | 1,980 kWh Per Month | 24,090 kWh Per Year |
| 6.7 Peak Sun Hours | 67 kWh Per Day | 2,010 kWh Per Month | 24,455 kWh Per Year |
| 6.8 Peak Sun Hours | 68 kWh Per Day | 2,040 kWh Per Month | 24,820 kWh Per Year |
| 6.9 Peak Sun Hours | 69 kWh Per Day | 2,070 kWh Per Month | 25,185 kWh Per Year |
| 7.0 Peak Sun Hours | 70 kWh Per Day | 2,100 kWh Per Month | 25,550 kWh Per Year |
| 7.1 Peak Sun Hours | 71 kWh Per Day | 2,130 kWh Per Month | 25,915 kWh Per Year |
| 7.2 Peak Sun Hours | 72 kWh Per Day | 2,160 kWh Per Month | 26,280 kWh Per Year |
| 7.3 Peak Sun Hours | 73 kWh Per Day | 2,190 kWh Per Month | 26,645 kWh Per Year |
| 7.4 Peak Sun Hours | 74 kWh Per Day | 2,220 kWh Per Month | 27,010 kWh Per Year |
| 7.5 Peak Sun Hours | 75 kWh Per Day | 2,250 kWh Per Month | 27,375 kWh Per Year |
| 7.6 Peak Sun Hours | 76 kWh Per Day | 2,280 kWh Per Month | 27,740 kWh Per Year |
| 7.7 Peak Sun Hours | 77 kWh Per Day | 2,310 kWh Per Month | 28,105 kWh Per Year |
| 7.8 Peak Sun Hours | 78 kWh Per Day | 2,340 kWh Per Month | 28,470 kWh Per Year |
| 7.9 Peak Sun Hours | 79 kWh Per Day | 2,370 kWh Per Month | 28,835 kWh Per Year |
| 8.0 Peak Sun Hours | 80 kWh Per Day | 2,400 kWh Per Month | 29,200 kWh Per Year |
If you want to determine how many kWh will 10kW solar system produce, you can now just look at this chart.
Example: Let’s say your location gets 6.1 peak sun hours per day. How many kWh will your 10kW system produce? Easy. Just check the chart: A 10kW system at a 6.1 peak sun hours location will produce 61 kWh per day, 1,830 kWh per month, and 22,265 kWh per year.
Hopefully, now you have good tools (calculator and this chart) for determining the power output of a 10kW solar system. If you have any questions or if you would want for us to do the math for you, you can use the comment section below, give us some numbers, and we will help you out.
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