Doing climate research today and I bumped into this and thought someone on CP might find it worthwhile. Calculates solar energy production for your location.
http://www.wunderground.com/calculators/solar.html
The star chart is pretty neat:
http://www.wunderground.com/sky/index.asp
That's good info, Daddymem.
My area looks good.
(https://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d184/glennkangiser/mariposaenergy.jpg)