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Abilene, Texas - Abilene ISD Planetarium
The graphs below show 15-minute average data collected at the site over the past three days. You can also download the raw data files and make your own graphs of the data from this and other photovoltaic systems from our data page. Please note: Performance data from this system and nearly 100 others on schools, businesses, and houses nationwide are presented at www.SolTrex.com, a new website that allows you to make custom graphs of the performance data from any system!
The Abilene ISD Planetarium system began generating power on August 20, 1999. It is the first ground-mounted system to be installed in the Watts On Schools program (the rest are mounted on rooftops). The system is rated at 4 kilowatts. Abilene was established by cattlemen as stock shipping point on Texas and Pacific Railroad in 1881, and named for Abilene, Kansas, the original end point of the Old Chisholm Trail. The city later became a major cattle producing area with diversified farming. In recent years oil has added great impetus to the city's economy. When the city celebrated its centennial in 1981, a demonstration oil-drilling rig was set up on the county fairgrounds - just to illustrate the techniques of "making hole." By pure accident, it struck oil - not much, but enough for modest, profitable production. Cultural aspects are influenced by Abilene Christian University, Hardin-Simmons University and McMurry University, branches of Cisco Junior College and Texas State Technical College; community theater and a philharmonic association and fine arts museum. For ten days in mid-September the West Texas Fair features exhibits and amusements reflecting early days of Abilene, plus modern attractions of West Texas. The Western Heritage Classic in early May features ranch rodeo, campfire cook-off, sheep dog trials, farrier competition, Cowboy Poet's Society, Western art show, and many other activities recalling early Western heritage. The Buffalo Gap Art Festival has combined with the Railroad Festival to become "Celebrate Abilene". It's the first weekend in April and is held in historic downtown Abilene. Abilene lies on U.S. 84; a segment of the Ports to Plains Highway connecting the state's heartland to coastal ports, as well as on U.S.. 83,277, and I-20.
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